31.   Sales at GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler do not include their foreign brands.

32.   Stella beer was often flat or tasteless, but since it has been privatized some Egyptians even prefer Stella Premium to foreign brands.

33.   So licensing agreements by foreign firms often allowed small Indian companies extensive rights to use and market the foreign brands.

34.   Surprisingly, despite the traditional Indian fascination for foreign labels, new foreign brands found the going tough too.

35.   Taiwan will market a tea-flavored cigarette to combat the inroads made by foreign brands, the Taiwan Tobacco and Wine Monopoly Bureau said Wednesday..

36.   The distribution of foreign brands is widely thought to be controlled by organized crime bands who bring in large numbers of counterfeit cigarettes from Asia and the Middle East.

37.   The foreign brands did not offer any competition because of the price tag, which only the rich could handle.

38.   The lure of such a huge market, coupled with small import quotas and high taxes, has led to widespread smuggling of foreign brands and underground production.

39.   The results do not include sales from their foreign brands.

40.   Foreign brands were hurting sales and brought no technology benefits to China, group spokesman Chen Bixia was quoted by the paper as saying.