11.   Cutthroat business practices intended to drive competitors out of business.

12.   You spent a week in the countryside being lectured on British business practices, company law how to address a Duke... all sorts of things like that.

13.   However, business analysis may often suggest altering business practices rather than always reveal a need for computer information systems.

14.   The legal rules which govern the formation of contracts do not mesh easily with common business practices and are often not appreciated by businesses.

15.   One of the most obvious differences between Japanese and Western business practices is the use of business calling cards or meishi.

16.   Although some Chinese Indonesians acknowledge members of their community have engaged in greedy business practices, many others have stepped up charitable activities.

17.   Among many start-up executives, even questioning links between purchases and stockholdings is intensely touchy because it implies something nefarious about a sound business practice.

18.   Although the company has never been charged with criminal wrongdoing, it has been the subject of federal investigations into its business practices.

19.   Although the nominee, George Chao-Chi Chu, was the focus of federal investigations into business practices, he has never been charged with any crimes.

20.   American investors complain about exclusionary business practices, restrictions on investment and sometimes discrimination by the government, he said.