21.   Any slowdown in Asian demand could curb economic growth around the world, economists have said, affecting French companies that do business internationally.

22.   As a French company, Vivendi does not report its results in full accordance with U.S. accounting principles.

23.   As yet, no two major French pharmaceutical companies have merged.

24.   At Abeil, a French company that specializes in high-technology fabrics for pillows, quilts and bedclothes, dust mites are a target of company research.

25.   Assumma left to become worldwide vice-chairman of BDDP, a privately owned French advertising company.

26.   At the moment France has no private pension funds, a system that leaves French companies short of long-term investors.

27.   Australia has led international protests against the French plan for the tests, barring French companies from competing for government contracts and boycotting French products.

28.   Axa, a large French insurance company, apparently came to the same conclusion.

29.   Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene said this month that he was against any attempt to place Tractebel under the control of a French company.

30.   Besides Credit Lyonnais, officers of other French companies could be named, including billionaire Francois Pinault, a friend of French President Jacques Chirac.