11.   Currently, national laws in several EU countries require investors to either establish offices in the city where the stocks are traded or route their business through local brokerages.

12.   Eight U.S. states -- California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina and Ohio have established representative offices here.

13.   For decades, the firms competed, establishing offices in the United States and growing into two of the most powerful accounting firms in the world.

14.   Heart to Heart also is establishing an office in Jerusalem.

15.   In the last few years, a number of American companies have established offices in Beijing, anticipating that such licenses would be approved.

16.   In the latest sign, China announced its long-awaited approval for the FBI to establish an office in Beijing on Tuesday.

17.   It then established offices in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and China and began launching local companies and setting up specific country funds.

18.   No one in the government is accountable for the aides, although a few counties are establishing offices to manage their programs.

19.   One idea was to establish an office of intelligence.

20.   Software, film and music industry groups established offices in China to monitor piracy as part of an agreement reached between the U.S. and China last February.