1.   As for the G.E. station in Puerto Rico, Cotton said the financing did not violate foreign ownership restrictions.

2.   Broadcasters would be freed from many ownership restrictions.

3.   But Branson was concerned that the federal ownership restrictions would deny him ultimate control over a business carrying the Virgin name.

4.   But the Government rejected a call to lift foreign ownership restrictions, which Mr Chau says other countries have.

5.   But there is political momentum building in Ottawa to lift ownership restrictions and let a foreign owner take a controlling stake.

6.   Carriers such as AMR also want the U.K. to lift foreign ownership restrictions, allowing them to invest in British carriers and share flight codes on computer reservation systems.

7.   Each bill would ease station ownership restrictions for broadcasters.

8.   Four countries -- France, Spain, Belgium and Portugal -- now have foreign ownership restrictions.

9.   Four countries --France, Spain, Belgium and Portugal -- now have foreign ownership restrictions.

10.   He added, however, that even if the U.S. and Japan agree, it might give a free ride to companies in other nations with strict ownership restrictions.