1.   Multinational firms be-come a big issue.

2.   The users of Eurocurrency are multinational firms, central banks and governments and other public authorities.

3.   But his plans to seek a career in a multinational auditing firm are on hold.

4.   Competent junior-level and midlevel managers are plentiful, thanks in part to multinational firms that started promoting local employees five years ago.

5.   He found a similar pattern of hiring discrimination by multinational firms, including Maxtor, Sony and Baxter Healthcare Corp.

6.   However, multinational firms in Mexico still face tight restrictions in sectors such as telecommunications, he said.

7.   Investors are convinced that big multinational firms represent a safe haven in a turbulent world.

8.   It is part of a new communications system set up by The BOC Group, a British multinational firm that sponsors the solo competition.

9.   It was considered a coup for Kraft, beating larger multinational firms.

10.   Multinational firms want the same services in Tokyo as they do in Zurich.