County officials insist that they made no attempt to steer the contracts to preferred companies.

Government officials say a solid banking system is needed as a disciplining force that steers investment to efficient companies and promising start-ups.

Ford is convinced that Americans want to buy more fuel-efficient vehicles and will steer their purchases to companies they perceive as environmentally responsible.

In some instances, the investigators have said, the bidding process itself was subverted with contracts being steered to favored companies.

They are best able to steer you to safe products or companies.

The settlement is not expected to ban contingent commissions, which are payments for steering insurance contracts to certain companies.

An agency's rating is crucial to insurers because independent agents who sell life insurance steer customers to higher-rated companies.

One statute, used to prevent officials from steering contracts to selected companies, allows the attorney general to intervene to prevent the restraint of trade.

Public officials were indicted for illegally steering public contracts to specific private companies.

Judges are looking into the state power company where, they suspect, political appointees steered five contracts worth $14 billion to private companies.