11.   Nigel P. Osborne of Insight Tours in Boston said his company halted its Egypt trips for a month, also offering alternative trips, postponements or refunds.

12.   Of late, the company has even halted a long market-share decline.

13.   Sales of inter-city buses, though, fell in December as bus companies halted their fleet renewal, a trade group said.

14.   Ruys, the BP spokeswoman, said the company halted its Asian exports because it now needs the crude for its newly acquired Arco refineries.

15.   The company halted its share repurchase program when it reached its agreement in May to merge with Daimler-Benz.

16.   The company halted the spinoff late last year and recently repurchased all the shares in its energy trading operation.

17.   The UAW also wants the company to halt alleged company violations of health and safety provisions in the existing contract.

18.   A month ago, the company halted exports of Chiquita bananas from Puerto Armuelles because the quality of the fruit was not high enough.

19.   A scrap metal company has halted processing of empty nerve-gas shells from an Army depot after a former depot employee warned they could contain dangerous residue.

20.   Bus companies also halted service for safety reasons.