1.   Meanwhile, last September they opened a branch of their New York gallery in Berlin.

2.   The bank recently opened a branch in Germany.

3.   The company plans to open seven branches over the coming months.

4.   A northern store chain is helping to open branches of a different kind.

5.   EWM had been buying up high street sites at a rate of nearly one a month and its first English branch was opened in Carlisle.

6.   Alpha Credit Bank SA, National Bank of Greece SA, and Bank of Piraeus SA have recently opened branches in Tirana.

7.   American Medical recently opened a branch in St. Petersburg, Russia, and plans to open similar clinics in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, the Czech Republic and Poland.

8.   Argentaria SA, a state-owned bank, opened a branch of its Banco Exterior unit in Havana to advise Spanish investors.

9.   As a matter of fact, Block Trading is considering opening a branch in Las Vegas.