51.   The German utility and the U.K. telecommunications company said they set up two jointly owned companies.

52.   The Hearst Corporation will remain a privately owned company.

53.   The losses were incurred by NEC Home Electronics, Ltd., a wholly owned company that manufactures and sells PC monitors, TV-games and satellite TV tuners.

54.   The main problems, most experts say, are with locally owned companies, particularly those that do not produce well-known American brands.

55.   The privately owned company is a leader in harnessing the glow-in-the-dark radiant reactions produced by living cells.

56.   There are some insurance companies, especially the mutually owned companies, that could be the next targets.

57.   Trans-World Group, a privately owned company based in London, is already the largest seller of aluminum ingots, the bulk form of processed aluminum.

58.   To compete with the U.S., Europe needs to create jointly owned companies, Birke said.

59.   Today it concentrates on making large investments in privately owned companies in the communications, entertainment and financial services industries.

60.   Under the agreement, the companies would set up jointly owned companies and would allow outside companies to become partners in the ventures.