1.   Faced with government opposition, the two largest companies that measure the audience for Internet sites broke off their proposed merger.

2.   Hyundai said it will build the plant, defying government opposition, to ensure low-cost supplies for its own carmaking, shipbuilding and consumer electronics businesses.

3.   Offshore sports betting services are multiplying despite questions about their legitimacy and safety, and U.S. government opposition to them.

4.   The deal, which shareholders of both companies had already approved, was the biggest corporate merger ever dismantled because of government opposition.

5.   The company said it did not expect to face government opposition to the deal on antitrust grounds.

6.   The failure of the deal in May, because of Spanish government opposition, humiliated Villalonga, people close to the company said.

7.   The path ahead is blocked in many Asian countries by stubborn government opposition.

8.   Without government opposition, tobacco companies have successfully maintained that nicotine is not addictive and that there is no proof that smoking is harmful.

9.   Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad announced plans Tuesday to begin a nationwide tour to counter what he called propaganda by government opposition, news reports said.

10.   A company proposing to build an international nuclear waste dump in outback Australia vowed Monday to press ahead with its proposal despite government opposition.