21.   The venture capital came from Apollo Management and Crest Communications Holdings, both venture firms based in New York.

22.   Today, the Bay Area is the world headquarters for venture capital, with the most important venture firms based here.

23.   The son of German and French parents, he travels between both countries for an auto electronics firm based in Annecy, in southern France.

24.   The US firm Xilinx based in Silicon Valley and which produces micro-chips, has just opened its first foreign factory near Dublin.

25.   The Gambian ministry said it had never ordered any goods from Cambodia and had no agent, or firm based in this country.