21.   Company based in Seattle.

22.   Cooper is an eye care products company based in Fort Lee, N.J.

23.   Dorna U.S.A., the American subsidiary of Dorna Promocion del Deporte SA, a sports marketing company based in Madrid, dominates the market for rotating signs.

24.   Dresser Industries is an oilfield services company based in Dallas.

25.   Either a higher Canadian or U.S. dollar will squeeze profit and stock prices of global resources companies based in Canada.

26.   Edwon noted that the company had based layoffs on seniority in the past.

27.   Equifax, an information services company based in Atlanta, already has credit-related information on millions of consumers.

28.   For Sequenom, a bioinformatics company based in San Diego with technology developed at Boston University, the gene discovery helps validate its computing and software technology.

29.   Ford says it will buy units for some truck and sport-utility models from Pioneer, a leading car audio products company based in Long Beach, Calif.

30.   French utility Generale des Eaux already owns Folkestone and District, a Kent water company based on the English south coast.