"The market is going to favor companies with long-term positive earnings, not asset plays."

Many investors favor companies that say they will consider a stock buyback plan.

This time, the Pentagon has said it will favor American companies.

The new environment favors companies with much less sizzle, to be sure.

"So we favor companies with a strong presence in the United States."

But union officials fear that the administration will skew the process to favor private companies.

He favors companies that should benefit from the expansion of oil production in the developing world.

The measures to encourage research spending would have a minimal impact on most businesses, but they do favor smaller companies.

Investors, she said, should continue to favor small and medium-sized companies in the next few months, rather than the blue chips.

But the rules will not go into effect until it can address concerns that they favor big companies.