31.   In reality, many small businesses operate on the far fringes of the economy.

32.   In the short term, businesses can operate in China, without adequate rule of law there, by simply buying risk insurance or paying bribes.

33.   It was one of many such family businesses that still operate here in pasturelands engulfed by vast northern woods.

34.   Last year, Cuba began allowing some private businesses to operate, such as family-owned restaurants and street markets where handmade crafts can be sold for dollars.

35.   Linked computers, high-speed faxes and powerful computers capable of digitizing documents by the roomful, are rewriting the rules of how business operates, studies say.

36.   Most businesses are operating out of hotel rooms, business centers and even renovated French villas.

37.   More businesses will operate there, new uses will be discovered and quarrels will occur.

38.   Most important, however, is letting workers know how the business operates and how well or poorly it is doing.

39.   On the way up these companies were held up as a model for how businesses should operate.

40.   Once businesses are operating a corporate network, analysts say, they may find a legal way to get around the existing ban on offering consumer service.