21.   A local businessman met with potential investment partners and state officials Wednesday on plans to bid for the financially troubled Buffalo Sabres.

22.   By some industry estimates, refunds to investment partners exceeded the amount of new money raised.

23.   Cochran arrived on the island with his investment partner, Robert Johnson, founder of the Black Entertainment Television channel.

24.   China Strategic Holdings said in September that it planned to foster investment partners in China, through its co-operation with China Success Group Corp.

25.   He said he hoped new loan agreements and investment partners will emerge in coming weeks.

26.   Important trading and investment partners, France and its former colony were seeking to improve relations strained by the insurgency.

27.   It sees the United States as a potentially useful counterweight against longtime rival China and as a key trade and investment partner.

28.   On Monday, neighboring Australia, a major trading and investment partner with Indonesia, urged Suharto and the IMF not to abandon talks.

29.   On Monday, neighboring Australia, a major trading and investment partner, urged Suharto and the IMF not to abandon talks.

30.   Reynolds had invited Bush to join him and his investment firm partner, William DeWitt Jr., in the team purchase.