11.   As American industry changed, industrial companies were gradually added to the index.

12.   At ABB, a multinational corporation with a plant in Jefferson City, Japanese industrial companies are buying fewer transformers.

13.   At Wharton, participants take turns acting out board discussions at Megamicro, a diversified industrial company.

14.   Australian industrial companies have been doing it tough.

15.   Automakers, large retailers and industrial companies have had banking or finance operations for years to help underwrite customer purchases, raise capital or support other credit functions.

16.   Banks felt especially flush because, like German banks, Japanese banks can take equity positions in industrial companies.

17.   Banks, retailers, industrial companies, oil companies and manufacturers will be the key target markets for Novell and the phone companies providing the service, he said.

18.   BELGIAN stocks were mixed as concern that industrial companies will soon report lower-than-expected earnings was outweighed by a stronger dollar.

19.   Big industrial companies could not ignore the demand for better sakes and began to introduce premium brands.

20.   Big industrial companies are also getting foreign help.