11.  Its telecom ventures are split among four main companies, each with its own board.

12.  KDD, the main company now providing international calls, would be allowed into the domestic market.

13.  Like many second companies, it is intended to feed into the main company.

14.  None of the three main companies make the harder ball, which is viewed as less commercially viable.

15.  On Monday, Li reorganized his business empire, netting one-time gains for his two main companies.

16.  Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc. and Oracle Corp., the main companies behind development of network computers, fell on a day when other computer-related shares soared.

17.  The agency had told Taylor that the main company was too large and too expensive for such a trip.

18.  The company said central functions, including marketing, finance and human resources, will be slimmed down and folded into the main operating companies where possible.

19.  The main companies in the bid started out as competitors before joining forces.

20.  The main company that gathers marketing information for major movie studios is National Research Group of Los Angeles.