11.   Several new state laws and measures in Congress could open the industry to still more suits.

12.   Several new state laws and measures in Congress could open the industry to still more lawsuits.

13.   The announcement offers new details on the timetable to sell Telebras and open the industry to competition.

14.   The company also wants to expand its gas marketing in pursuit of customers of other utilities as states open the industry to competition.

15.   The central bank and government have been urging banks to merge before the industry is opened to global competition.

16.   The higher rates would help Brazilian phone companies survive if the telecommunications industry is opened to competition.

17.   The moves were part of a government program to open the industry to more competition.

18.   They said it would lay the groundwork for a broad push to become a marketer and supplier of power in the U.S. as deregulation opens the industry to competition.

19.   When those countries opened their media industries, Lauder was there with an offer to build commercial television stations.

20.   But the debt-laden Crown utility will be split into two public companies and the hydroelectric industry will be opened to competition, he confirmed.