1.  It is the second largest insurance company in Germany.

2.  His first company failed, but his second company succeeded.

3.  It is the second partner company Macbean has established on the continent with the first, in Holland, covering the Benelux companies.

4.  Alphatec is the second Thai company this year to miss a payment on a Eurobond.

5.  American Radio is the second radio company the Department of Justice has challenged in recent weeks.

6.  ASE Test would be the second Taiwan company to be traded on NASDAQ.

7.  Astra will be the second Swedish company to join the Big Board.

8.  BellSouth is the second company in a week to borrow money for a century.

9.  BellSouth is the second company to apply under the second track.

10.  BNDES, as the bank is known, will chose a second company to manage the sale, said Sonia Chequer, a spokeswoman at BNDES.