21.   Jiang called for closer ties while Zhu committed Beijing to pressuring state companies to invest in South Africa, the Xinhua News Agency said.

22.   Novartis said marketing expenses and currency fluctuations also had pressured the company.

23.   SEPLA said the strike was to pressure the company into producing a more thorough restructuring plan.

24.   The Air Line Pilots Association, which represents Delta pilots, has urged its members not to try to pressure the company with the overtime issue.

25.   The EU is worried that Washington will force the Tokyo government to pressure its companies into buying more U.S. than European goods.

26.   The government alleges that Microsoft gained monopoly power, then abused it by pressuring other companies and plotting to limit competition in the growing computer market.

27.   Workers, he said, are more concerned with job security rather than pressuring a company, for higher wages.