21.  In February, he told the Bloomberg Forum BRL Hardy was seeking to become a global wine company through acquisitions and joint ventures both in Australia and overseas.

22.  It plans to hand off other functions, such as animal and human testing, development and manufacturing, to other parts of the global company.

23.  Japanese stocks rose for a second day, led by top exporters such as Honda Motor Co., as investors focused on Japanese global companies with good earnings prospects.

24.  Japanese stocks rose, led by top exporters such as Honda Motor Co., as investors focused on Japanese global companies with good earnings prospects.

25.  Julie Bauer, managing partner of the New York office of Saatchi and Saatchi, a global advertising company, agreed.

26.  Moreover, having global companies involved here can be an asset.

27.  Meanwhile, MCI, Sprint, Electronic Data Systems, and dozens of global companies with deep pools of money and experience are devising strategies and pondering alliances.

28.  More broadly, he asks, how can global companies expect to prosper amid appalling poverty and angry nationalism?

29.  North Carolina, by comparison, has almost twice as many, including many units of such global companies as Bayer AG.

30.  Offering the job to Chow could reflect its aim to transform itself into a more global company.