21.   He points to BFGoodrich Co. based near Akron, Ohio, once known as a tiremaker.

22.   His only service as a chief executive was at Weyerhaeuser, the paper and lumber company based near Seattle.

23.   Hughes Network, based near Washington, D.C., will install the radio equipment and Alcatel Telecomunicacoes SA the switching equipment, Blake said.

24.   In one case, the captain of a trawler based near Vladivostok was murdered and thrown overboard.

25.   Inmed-Volback, a closely held company based near Paris, operates the biggest network for the electronic detection of stolen cars in Europe.

26.   Israel Corp. owns a stake in Tower, based near Haifa in northern Israel.

27.   Last June, the Texas attorney general got a court order closing Universal Land Liquidators, based near Houston.

28.   Local officials said two other Americans from a military ski club based near Ramstein, Germany, were also missing.

29.   Loewen, based near Vancouver, British Columbia, moved its U.S. shares from Nasdaq.

30.   Loewen, which is based near Vancouver but has most of its operations in the United States, already has the protection of Canadian laws.