31.   GE, a diversified manufacturing, technologies and services company based in Fairfield, Conn., wants the failed unit to be fully liquidated in Bermuda.

32.   However, Ruthardt said she would look into charges that a related insurance company based in Beverly made false statements in the course of the case.

33.   If a shortage of parts for assembly equipment develops, the companies will likely base their decisions on demand.

34.   Investment houses suddenly face threats from banks, and onetime phone monopolies are doing battle with telecommunications companies based on other continents.

35.   Lasselsberger Holdings International GmbH, a construction-materials company based in Worth, has been importing cement from Romania for five years.

36.   Leave it to Alcatel, a telecommunications company based in France, to use it for commercial gain.

37.   LEGISLATION FAILED Would have prohibited car rental companies from discriminating based on geographical location.

38.   Macke is prominent here as an executive of a telecommunications company based in Reston, Va.

39.   Many companies already base their labeling on the new definitions, proposed in November by the FDA and sought for years by the image-conscious bottled water industry.

40.   MTV is a unit of Viacom Inc., a diversified entertainment and communications company based in New York City, New York.