21.  Three other companies face higher penalties.

22.  Three other companies have permits to search for El Salvador in other areas off North Carolina .

23.  Bayer spokeswoman Christina Sehnert confirmed Bayer was close to agreement on the AIDS cases, in which three other companies are also involved.

24.  Biotechnology companies have been working for nearly two decades to create oxygenating products, and at least three other companies are in the late stages of product development.

25.  He and his associates still face stock manipulation charges dealing with three other companies.

26.  International service, from which NTT is barred, is dominated by three other companies.

27.  Microsoft and three other companies filed the lawsuits last week, El Berri said.

28.  Orion and three other companies signed a definitive agreement on Thursday to form Metromedia International Group Inc., a global multimedia company led by billionaire John Kluge.

29.  SOCOG was negotiating with three other companies to step in, he said.

30.  Three other companies have wrapped cars on the road or are planning to start soon.