1.   Although most vineyards are now in private hands, the government of President Ion Iliescu, led by former Communists, has refused to permit foreigners to own land.

2.   B shares can be owned by foreigners.

3.   Bankers do not agree precisely on just how many tesobonos are falling due in the near future or on how many are owned by foreigners.

4.   A fifth of Toni Yi Industrial Corp., a maker of tin plate, for instance, is owned by foreigners because the company has been growing rapidly.

5.   Also, about one-third of shares traded in Mexico are owned by foreigners.

6.   But even then, British-owned Argenbright will be ineligible, because the law prohibits the government from contracting with companies owned by foreigners.

7.   By exempting existing foreign shareholders, the decree effectively allows a much higher proportion of the company to be owned by foreigners.

8.   Foreigners can now own no more than a third of a Japanese airline.

9.   Foreigners can own B shares.

10.   He did not say what percentage the foreigners could own.