11.   A third area where AMG plans to expand its presence is in the investment counseling business, Nutt said.

12.   But that will make it more difficult for Mercedes to expand its presence in the United States and Chrysler to expand in Europe.

13.   Caribe also has expanded its presence in the Caribbean with the purchase of a Venezuelan cement complex and a stake in a Haitian cement maker.

14.   By winning the battle for Corestates Financial Corp., First Union Corp. will achieve more than simply expanding its presence in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

15.   China may be conducting the exercise as a way to warn Taiwan against trying to expand its presence on the international stage, he said.

16.   Dell Computer Corp. also is expanding its presence there.

17.   Eager to expand its presence in the United States, ING had in the past explored a merger with Oppenheimer.

18.   Edison will use some of the new money to expand its presence in about a dozen other school districts in September, including Indianapolis and Kansas City, Mo.

19.   Expanding his presence in multimedia at a time when the industry is consolidating, George Lucas yesterday formed a company to develop educational software for personal computers.

20.   Fertilizer companies, profiting from rising prices, are using acquisitions to expand their presence in developing countries such as China and India.