11.  In Ecuador, it was rare for a woman, let alone someone so young, to be running an important company.

12.  It is the latest important German company, after Siemens and Viag, to reorganize and shift from a conglomerate mentality to a sharper focus.

13.  No important state company has introduced or increased private ownership this year, and the immediate prospects are grim.

14.  Q. Are holiday sales at these companies as important as they are for most retailers?

15.  So WorldCom is one of the most important communications companies in the world, and it is probably the most important company for the Internet in the world.

16.  Since that time, important company announcements have been made by Daft in his current role as president.

17.  The all-powerful Internet, computers and communications are lifting mere students and lowly young managers into the top spots at start-ups and subsidiaries of important international companies.

18.  The battle also marked one of the first cases in which national political leaders did not try to interfere in order to protect an important domestic company.

19.  The battle also marks one of the first cases in which national political leaders did not try to interfere in order to protect an important domestic company.

20.  Under his leadership, Mediobanca bought minority shares in important companies and became their banker, arranging major mergers.