11.   BBV has bought minority ownership at the same time as getting management control, while Central Hispano has emphasized investments with local partners.

12.   Because Indonesian laws prohibited direct foreign investment in retailing, each had to find a local partner.

13.   Boyd refused to identify his local partners.

14.   A common strategy is to find local partners who can help pave the way in a market where personal relationships are key to business success.

15.   A local partner will convert it back to audio and let the local phone company complete the call.

16.   A potentially troublesome issue for license holders will be working with local partners.

17.   Additionally, bidders must consist of a partnership between an international operator and a local partner each owning a quarter of the holding company.

18.   AGL later said that Utilicorp and its local partners paid too much for United Energy, which has twice as many customers as Solaris.

19.   Ahold last year started retail operations in Singapore, Malaysia and China, together with local partners.

20.   All have hooked up with Japanese trading companies serving as local partners.