When the men enter, the company accelerates, and the patterns, related to the film on the floor, become denser.

Buying the company "could significantly accelerate our technology penetration into this business," he said.

Not surprisingly, French financial companies have been accelerating their activities.

As a result, South African companies are rapidly accelerating their pace of investment.

He said the company would accelerate the buyout and early retirement packages that it has already been using to scale back its work force.

Now the company, which raised $42 million in a public stock offering in June, is accelerating its national growth even more.

Many companies accelerated their spending in recent years to replace computers rather than deal with Year 2000 issues in the older equipment.

Last week, the company accelerated a $12.5 billion stock buyback program and cut another 100 jobs.

The company may accelerate production for its 2009-10 schedule.

The companies recently accelerated their negotiations on a bailout plan.