1.   Both operations would remain in the Department of Justice, but the new agencies would come under more direct supervision by the attorney-general.

2.   Both manufacturers have three subsidiaries each whose operations will remain independent.

3.   But its Chinese operations remain small compared with its financial, insurance and real estate projects in Hong Kong, Singapore and elsewhere in Asia.

4.   Chemical tomorrow plans to announce that credit-card processing operations will remain in Hicksville after the merger, people close to the bank said.

5.   Day-to-day operations would remain in Russian hands.

6.   Economic turmoil in Asia had little direct effect on Ford because its operations there remain small.

7.   Hoechst Marion has said its manufacturing operations will remain in Kansas City, regardless of whether the headquarters stays here.

8.   In an age of niche-marketed fitness programs and diet plans, the operation remains simple.

9.   Its international operations will remain in San Francisco, and will allegedly be boosted by the merger.

10.   Jackson said that these operations remained strong, but that their profitability had been eroded by high costs.