11.  Although the country has moved quickly to sell state companies and pursue other reforms, the Czech Republic is still in transition, Reuss said.

12.  Among the Singapore companies planning to bid are four state owned companies, the newspaper said.

13.  And Gore himself has attacked former New Jersey senator Bill Bradley for acting in the Senate on behalf of home state pharmaceutical companies.

14.  And by the end of March, the government will firm up its blueprint for drawing capital to the big state companies.

15.  As Brazil moves slowly toward the deregulation and the privatization of state companies, airlines have continued to hide behind government protections and charge high fares for many routes.

16.  Because Bulgaria has been slow in selling state companies, even the new private banks must lend to them, regardless of their creditworthiness -- or lack of it.

17.  Banco do Brasil plans to form funds for every state company that is sold, the bank said.

18.  Big state companies led gainers.

19.  Bond investors have already priced in a cut, reducing the likelihood that foreign bonds sold by the state companies will tumble on this news.

20.  Bolivia plans to sell shares in five other state companies this year involved in oil, telecommunications, railroads, airlines and smelting.