1.   Plus, maybe a business venture.

2.   Shareholders may have more than just earnings disappointments, a lagging stock and off-target business ventures to worry about.

3.   Snyder brought in Zuckerman and Drasner, who have helped finance his past business ventures, soon after Milstein unhappily backed out.

4.   Federal rules require companies selling franchises and other business ventures to provide potential customers with disclosure information that includes the identities of current and former franchises.

5.   He called on the government to continue subsidizing credits for sound cooperatives and small business ventures to provide badly needed employment opportunities.

6.   The Chinese government pressures U.S. business ventures to turn over ever higher levels of technology.

7.   The office will mainly serve as a liaison center between Japanese businesses venturing into Tianjin and the local Chinese insurance companies, the spokesman said.