41.   General Motors Corp. assembles Australian Holden automobiles and German Opels in Thailand with a local partner.

42.   Ford Motor Co. is expected to sign a joint venture agreement tomorrow to build automobile engines in China with a local partner, the company and trade officials said.

43.   Ford this year will join with local partners to open new assembly plants in Belarus, Vietnam and China.

44.   GM is working with its local partner to devise a strategy to deal with the new policies, Schnell said.

45.   He can still argue cases, though local partners must sign court papers.

46.   He said Insignia would also continue to do a limited amount of development, usually with a local partner and with a short-term orientation.

47.   Honda plans to use the same plant in Guangzhou that Peugeot vacated early this year, frustrated by low output, rising debt and squabbles with its local partner.

48.   I had to find a local partner and navigate the government bureaucracy.

49.   In all three Pacific ventures, Starbucks has a local partner.

50.   In some countries, such as India, U.S. companies must have a local partner to market mutual funds, he said.