11.   Berlusconi was forced to resign in December when Bossi withdrew his support, saying the media magnate had failed to curb the influence of his vast business holdings.

12.   Berezovsky and Gusinsky have long been at odds, and are believed to be fighting for control of Russia media and business holdings.

13.   Both reforms pushed by Bossi have direct bearing on Berlusconi, whose business holdings include three private TV networks.

14.   Chinese President Jiang Zemin in July ordered the military and the armed police to divest their vast business holdings.

15.   Critics of Berlusconi, forced to resign as premier in December, say his business holdings create a conflict of interest with his role as political leader.

16.   Defense attorney Marshall M. Schulman has argued that Jim Peng murdered the pair to avoid the taint a divorce might leave on his business holdings.

17.   He declined to provide details on his business holdings or on the specific charges against him, saying only that he had never been an Aeroflot employee.

18.   Meanwhile, his key ally Bossi stepped up his attacks on Berlusconi -- including demands for Berlusconi to keep his promise to sever ties with his business holdings.

19.   Thai Foreign Minister Thaksin Shinawatra submitted his resignation Tuesday after heavy criticism that his business holdings represented a conflict of interest.

20.   Tribal leaders said the facility was needed for jobs and to generate money for a reservation school system, housing and diversification of tribal business holdings.