1.   As a result, they suffer the full rate of withholding tax on dividends from foreign subsidiaries.

2.   As a result, a number of multi-national companies have emerged which control a large number of foreign subsidiaries.

3.   For the purposes of consolidation, the accounts of foreign subsidiaries operating abroad have to be translated into terms of the domestic currency of the holding company.

4.   American companies also get around the sanctions by having the work in Libya done by their foreign subsidiaries, Bertoli and the engineers said.

5.   And Democratic senators cited depositions that showed the money going to US campaigns was funneled to the trust through foreign subsidiaries of Aqua-Leisure Industries Inc.

6.   And without steady earnings from foreign subsidiaries, it may take companies considerably longer to overcome the slump.

7.   A cap on contributions to the party committees could also see a rise in money given directly to candidates by the PACs of foreign subsidiaries.

8.   But as every multinational manager knows, making the most of foreign subsidiaries is tricky.

9.   But Federal Election Commission spokesman Ian Stirton said politcal donations made by foreign subsidiaries must come from money generated in the United States.