11.   The NTC urged the FCC to let companies representing the industry in both countries negotiate the rates, Meer said.

12.   The stock will be among the main beneficiaries if the budget calls for letting companies buy back their own shares, analysts said.

13.   To achieve this, Enron would use a provision in the bankruptcy code that lets companies, under certain circumstances, sell assets outside of a formal reorganization process.

14.   RealNetworks does let other companies, like AOL Time Warner, create products that take advantage of RealNetworks formats.

15.   China plans to enlarge its stock markets by letting private companies issue foreign-currency shares for the first time, state newspapers said Thursday.

16.   Economists have asked the government to keep its hands off of the market to let unhealthy companies and banks fail, regardless of their political connections.

17.   For example, the center is working with Caterpillar Inc. to let company engineers in the United States and Europe simultaneously tinker with computer models of tractors.

18.   However, on the all-important subject of whether China will do more to let foreign companies into its huge and potentially lucrative market, Long was less upbeat.