1.   Among other shares, one of the largest gains was petrochemical company Companhia Petroquimica do Sul.

2.   Among other shares, one of the largest gains was petrochemical company Cia. Petroquimica do Sul.

3.   Japanese companies seem to place less emphasis on cost than American companies do, and more emphasis on relationships.

4.   Nor is it simply that some executives whose companies do poorly are nonetheless richly rewarded.

5.   State mining company Cia Vale do Rio Doce would be a partner in the projects.

6.   Technology has helped, in that software that is routinely used to track shipments also lets companies do triage on those shipments.

7.   The decline in book value of the mainly banking shares it owns led the company do so, a Marubeni spokesman said.

8.   The company is involved in readying mining company Cia Vale do Rio Doce and the federally-owned rail system for sale.

9.   The other thing high-tech companies do very well is give people a stake in the company, he said.

10.   They may want more control over what companies do with the data they collect, and they will expect something in exchange for providing it.