21.  American companies also get around the sanctions by having the work in Libya done by their foreign subsidiaries, Bertoli and the engineers said.

22.  American companies are already complaining about labor shortages.

23.  American companies are entering what could be one of the worst earnings seasons in a long time, but the stock market is already expecting profits to be poor.

24.  American companies are largely prohibited from doing any business in North Korea by the Trading With the Enemy Act, although some humanitarian aid has been permitted.

25.  American companies are not alone in having trouble devising a strategy on trade or the dollar.

26.  American companies are used to having a mobile work force that can be sent just about anywhere.

27.  American companies built factories to take advantage of the cheap work force, and the living standard rose.

28.  American companies cannot pay any wage that community groups deem desirable.

29.  American companies continued to eliminate jobs by the thousands last month, but the slowing economy also showed some tentative signs of stabilizing, the government said on Friday.

30.  American companies continued to look good for the future.