11.  During the last six months, bankruptcies were highest among construction and real estate companies dependent on public works projects.

12.  Economists fear that the layoffs will spread to restaurants, bars and other companies dependent on tourism.

13.  In the meantime, companies dependent on domestic demand, like construction, will continue to shed staff.

14.  Newspaper Les Echos said companies dependent on public contracts will be obliged to create separate holding companies for their media interests.

15.  Other companies dependent on audio and video equipment sales are in similarly dire straits.

16.  Others say India will remain attractive to foreign power companies dependent on emerging markets for new business.

17.  Share prices of companies heavily dependent on exports have been falling recently.

18.  Service companies include thousands of construction companies long dependent on government spending.

19.  Shares in companies dependent on tourism, like Austrian Airlines AG and Flughafen Wien AG, the Vienna airport operator, have been dragged down.

20.  The law, if adopted, is meant to reduce the ability of companies dependent on public contracts to use their influence on the media to win tender offers.