21.  In their defense, analysts now say it is hard to estimate tax payments for Swedish companies because they tend to make most of their products and money abroad.

22.  It placed a multimillion-dollar order with a Swedish company instead.

23.  It would be the first Swedish company to list directly on the NYSE.

24.  Last month, Electrolux announced a joint venture with Ericsson, the Swedish company known for cellular phones, to develop smart appliances and the home networking they require.

25.  Lycos Europe recently moved into the leading slot in Scandinavia when it bought a Swedish portal company, Spray Network.

26.  Liberty Mutual Equity Co. of the U.S. said it bought the Colombian general insurance business of Swedish company Skandia Insurance AB for an undisclosed sum.

27.  Most Swedish companies reporting recently have disappointed investors.

28.  OM is a Swedish company that operates exchange and clearing organizations and provides network services.

29.  Peter Geise of Underhill, Vt., is a distributor of Areco snowmaking equipment, a Swedish company that is also developing a home unit.

30.  Published reports had said that Fresenius, along with Gambro AB, a Swedish multinational company controlled by the Wallenberg family, had been in talks about National Medical.