21.  Brazilian stocks fell, led by Petroleo Brasileiro SA, amid concern that a rally in large state companies was running out of steam.

22.  A letter from the state insurance company followed, saying he had no right to be in the building because the company had canceled its contract with Inca Tursa.

23.  A powerful, autocratic president like Carlos Salinas de Gortari could sell off state companies, oust union bosses, renegotiate bank debt, and secure NAFTA.

24.  Adding to the concern is the slow pace of sales of state companies.

25.  AGF is the first majority-interest sale of a state company in France this year.

26.  Brazil stocks were mixed as an impasse over ways to cut government spending offset optimism about plans for the largest sale yet of a state company, traders said.

27.  But government officials warn that selling state companies may prove impossible unless the law is first passed.

28.  But only half of the several hundred state companies in the area are now able to pay their employees full wages, Li said.

29.  But the only makers of plastic and cement in this country are state companies.

30.  By some accounts, one victim of such state company sales practices was the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.