1.   The system also allows parent firms to concentrate on more capital intensive processes.

2.   As a result, the local office is looking at options to split away from the parent firm.

3.   But Chronicle Publishing owners did not want the inconvenience of having to dissolve the parent firm once all its individual properties were sold off.

4.   Except for the small-cap emphasis, his approach is identical to that of the Oakmark Fund and the parent firm, Harris.

5.   Finally, the local UBS team may opt to stick with its parent firm, Union Bank of Switzerland.

6.   Galileo International, the parent firm for the Apollo system, also has already successfully processed international flight reservations for next year.

7.   In addition to running Pyramid as a Seimens Nixdorf subsidiary, Chen rose through the ranks to become a member of the board of the German parent firm.

8.   Ironically, his final assignment for SI will be to oversee its Olympic coverage, likely including TV programs that will spin off from parent firm Time Warner.

9.   Instead, the workers learned of the shutdown after receiving a call from the parent firm.

10.   Lonner, who was a regional director and head of Swedish marketing operations at the parent firm, could not be reached Wednesday for comment.