1.   An exemption to the State Department licensing rules permits the shipment of some types of equipment without a license to Canadian firms, for use in Canada.

2.   Among other expected borrowers, Lyondell Perochemical Co., and Canadian firms Cominco Ltd. and MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. may soon sell bonds.

3.   A Canadian firm built a wonderful underground shopping mall just outside the Esplanade Hotel, and there now are two McDonalds in Zagreb.

4.   A Canadian marketing firm, TravMark Group Inc., was hired three years ago by state officials to help promote Texas tourism.

5.   Brazilian companies pay higher rates for export finance than Canadian firms, if they can get it at all.

6.   Canadian firms have failed to match the productivity gains of their American rivals over the past decade.

7.   Canadian firms are among the heaviest investors in Cuba, and Canadian tourists represent a major source of hard currency.

8.   Canadian firms have been investing large amounts of capital, positioning themselves to make steady gains in productivity.

9.   Davis says he still hopes to get paid by a financially troubled Canadian firm he would not identify.

10.   He cited a study commissioned by a shortseller and performed by Canadian firm Weir Jones Engineering Consultants Ltd.