11.   Some major independent cable companies remain, including Cablevision Systems Corp., but a Comcast merger with Cablevision might be more complicated since both are controlled by families.

12.   The Agnelli family also controls a variety of other companies, ranging from food to tourism to publishing.

13.   The family controlled the collapsed Grupo Latinamericana banking and insurance empire.

14.   The federal indictments charged that the Genovese crime family controlled the festival in recent years by skimming the rent money paid by vendors to the organizers.

15.   The families also control, among other publicly traded firms, Thai Central Chemical Plc, Bangkok Steel Industry Plc and United Flour Mill Plc.

16.   The family controls the voting shares of Kelly Services, which is now based in Troy, Mich.

17.   The Dart family controls Dart Container Corp., a maker of styrofoam cups.

18.   The family also controls dairy group Industrie Zignano S. Margherita SpA and hotel group Jolly Hotels SpA.

19.   The family controls the company through the ownership of class B shares, which are not traded and have super-voting rights.

20.   The Haft family controls the Dart Group, a public company that owns large stakes in Crown Books, Trak Auto, Shoppers Food Warehouse and Total Beverage.