11.   Dorothy Carnegie Rivkin, an author and instructor who developed the Dale Carnegie Training company into a worldwide operation, died Thursday after a long illness.

12.   Exxon is considered a bellwether for oil company profits, and it benefits from a huge worldwide refining operation and network of gasoline stations.

13.   GM is continuing efforts to consolidate its sprawling worldwide operations.

14.   He was senior vice president of worldwide operations for Armour-Dial, which makes Dial soaps and canned meats.

15.   HP also has announced plans to close its operations worldwide for two weeks in December.

16.   In a brief statement, the companies said the new round of savings would have only limited effects on total employment, spread over worldwide operations.

17.   In replacing Berrard, Fields beat out a popular internal candidate, Gerald Geddis, the worldwide operations president of Blockbuster.

18.   It also signals a newfound confidence at Nissan, which has posted net losses on its worldwide operations for four years in a row.

19.   It also signals a new-found confidence at Nissan, which has posted net losses on its worldwide operations for four years in a row.

20.   Its worldwide automotive operations lost money in the quarter, with the greatest losses coming in Europe.