1.  The first such patent has recently been granted by the European Patent Office to a Belgian company for any crop resistant to the herbicide Basta.

2.  Another Belgian chocolate company, another assortment of fine chocolates.

3.  Belairbus is a Belgian aerospace company that was created to group the activities of Sonaca, Asco and Fabrication Nationale for subcontracting work on Airbus planes.

4.  Belgian companies say such pain is worth it.

5.  Bekaert is the most dollar-sensitive Belgian company.

6.  BELGIAN shares were mixed as investors wait for positive earnings reports from Belgian companies or an end to the slump in Asian markets.

7.  BELGIAN shares rose, following gains in Asian shares and as recent U.S. corporate earnings reduced concern that the Asian financial crisis will hurt the earnings of Belgian companies.

8.  Belgian authorities say that they traced the problem to chicken and animal feed from a single Belgian feed company, and that it is now under control.

9.  BELGIAN stocks rose as merger speculation, for the sixth consecutive day, boosted Belgian financial companies like Kredietbank NV.

10.  A Belgian company has developed a test to detect the presence of a new strain of HIV.