41.   Berlitz International Inc. won a license from the Seoul government Friday to open its first language instruction center in South Korea, officials said.

42.   Bidders who win auction licenses can then turn around and lease them to third parties for a profit.

43.   British American Tobacco won a license last November to begin making cigarettes in cooperation with the state-run Vietnam National Tobacco Corp.

44.   But in a sign of growing distaste for its formula, CME failed to win a license last summer for a nationwide network in Hungary.

45.   But the three other wireless carriers are questioning whether NextWave, the winner in a special small business auction, ever met the qualifications for winning the licenses.

46.   David Bishop, an analyst with the Yankee Group, expects companies that win licenses to focus on bolstering their existing networks, rather than offering new data services.

47.   Krung Thai follows Siam Commercial Bank in winning a license to provide full banking services in India.

48.   Like many other telecommunications companies, it incurred heavy debt to win licenses for next-generation mobile telephones in auctions across Europe.

49.   Midi TV and its e.tv channel won the license.

50.   National Mutual has won a license to write life insurance in Thailand under a joint venture arrangement with two Thai partners.