21.  Aside from buying Gleacher and Gartmore, NatWest announced last month it will buy Greenwich Associates, a U.S. fixed-income trading company.

22.  At the advice of some securities trading companies, the exchange is putting in more video-conferencing capability, so that trading companies and clients can meet electronically.

23.  Banking, electronics, trading companies and auto shares led the rally.

24.  Benex was a trading company, which was set up principally to move funds from Russia to other places around the world, according to investigators.

25.  Berner does his trading in the Atlanta office of Cornerstone Securities, an Austin, Texas-based day trading company.

26.  Big trading European companies were the main buyers of the Ukrainian, Russian, South African and Chinese steel and sellers on the U.S. market.

27.  Both the Senate and House held numerous hearings this year on Enron, the energy trading company that collapsed after admitting that it had drastically overstated earnings for years.

28.  Both the Senate and House have held numerous hearings on Enron, the energy trading company that collapsed after admitting that it had drastically overstated earnings for years.

29.  -- Japanese groups Mitsubishi Corp., a trading company, and Mistubishi Heavy Industries, a development and manufacturing company.

30.  -- Japanese groups Mitsubishi Corp., a trading company, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, a development and manufacturing company.