11.  It is also likely to raise questions of equity in the minds of Qantas and its other foreign shareholders.

12.  Local shares, which fell earlier in the day, rebounded after Gazprom told investors that current foreign shareholders would not be affected.

13.  Nazdratenko also told reporters he had requested an investigation of foreign shareholders of the shipping company by the Federal Security Services, the main successor agency to the KGB.

14.  Others are hesitant to receive foreign shareholders and analysts when they visit China.

15.  Qantas said some foreign shareholders might have to pare back their holdings to shoehorn the overseas contingent back into its allotted space on the share register.

16.  The case is just the most recent instance of conflict between major Russian companies and foreign shareholders.

17.  The decree allows current foreign shareholders to keep their shares, and, in effect, ensures they have legal title.

18.  The longer-term answer is to free Korean companies to seek loans from abroad and, even better, equity from foreign shareholders.

19.  Until now, the only foreign shareholders who could vote were those with bearer shares.

20.  Viag AG, a diversified German utility said it will increase its foreign shareholders by launching a sale of American depositary receipts.