1.   Banks with international operations, securities trading desks and other non-lending businesses fared best.

2.   International research tends to involve analyzing international data, rather than acquiring first-hand knowledge about international operations in other countries.

3.   Vice-president, international operations Terry Booth will head up the operation.

4.   BCCI SA was registered in Luxembourg, but ran its international operations from London, which accounted for nearly half of its assets.

5.   The men, Ronald Maine and Ronald Johnson, headed an international operation, smuggling drugs worth and estimated fifty eight million pounds.

6.   The organisation required to implement international sales operations can be complex.

7.   Decisions have to be made on how to arrange the interface between manufacturing and sales, and in the area of delegating responsibility for international operations.

8.   Along the way, Del Monte shed its fresh fruit and international operations along with several product lines including puddings and fruit punch.

9.   Also, the Crowne Plaza and Inter-Continental Hotels brands will be based in London, along with the international operations for Holiday Inn.

10.   Although roughly two-thirds of sales already come from international operations, Motorola expects overseas expansion to be its main growth engine for years.