11.   Sales of foreign brands continue to keep the pressure on the Big Three.

12.   The Chinese manufacturers estimate foreign brands now account for only a tenth of the Chinese market.

13.   The foreign alcoholic beverage companies are betting that consumption will grow as the increasingly affluent middle class expands and seeks more foreign brands.

14.   The top foreign brands in China are Japanese, not American, according to a new poll of consumer attitudes.

15.   These local firms have beaten back established foreign brands, raised sales sharply, and narrowed the discount at which their products sell against comparable computers from abroad.

16.   Women, however, prefer BMWs. BMW is, in fact, the largest foreign brand at the moment.

17.   About half of the growth came from sales in Eastern Europe, where drinkers have rushed to try foreign brands since the breakup of the Soviet Union.

18.   By Friday evening authorities had made no move against the thousands of foreign brand placards on streets and shops in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly called Saigon.

19.   Carlsberg said the deal will make it the first foreign brand to be sold nationally in India.

20.   Coca-Cola replaces Hitachi as the best-known foreign brand in China, a Gallup poll released Monday says.