21.   Minatom, Shingarkin said, paid four times the going rate when it bought ventilation systems from a Czech company for the Bushehr reactor.

22.   Motoinvest then began using the bank as part of its strategy to secretly acquire large stakes in major Czech companies, including savings bank Ceska Sporitelna AS.

23.   Once the Czech company turned profitable, Futurum planned to sell its stake.

24.   Some traders and analysts fear Dingman will strip the assets of his Czech companies or use them to finance other purchases.

25.   Stratton recently acquired large stakes from Harvard in seven Czech companies, in industries ranging from shipping to glass production.

26.   The bank, partly owned by Czech insurance company Ceska Pojistovna AS, is in trouble because it lacks adequate reserves to cover problem loans, bank officials said.

27.   The Czech company is giving suppliers their own place inside the assembly plant.

28.   The funds now control the majority of tradable Czech companies.

29.   The high rates have hurt many Czech companies, which depend on short-term credit to finance operations.

30.   The idea of using Czech companies to buy into Russia, most observers say, is a brilliant stroke.