31.   European companies have also complained about Japanese port regulations.

32.   Financial companies have complained that such laws threaten to make them uncompetitive against foreign rivals.

33.   For example, companies are complaining about a lack of factory workers and truck drivers, Ewald said.

34.   For years, biotechnology companies have complained about the lack of suitable laboratory space in the New Haven area.

35.   For years, U.S. companies have complained that bootleg software and CDs show up on Chinese street corners, even before the genuine articles hit stores.

36.   Foreign companies complain they must import through mostly state-owned companies, hurting their competitiveness in the local market.

37.   High-tech companies have complained that the nation lacks enough workers qualified to keep pace with their ever-evolving field.

38.   Immediately, rival oil companies complained about the absence of competitive bidding.

39.   In some labor markets in the Midwest, companies complain they cannot find enough workers.

40.   Last week several oil companies complained the exemption was not transparent and, in particular instances, involved reimbursements in the form of tax coupons.