81.  American companies with German subsidiaries, including General Motors and Ford Motor Co., are also expected to participate.

82.  American companies, for their part, want more trade links with Latin America so they can compete better against European and Asian rivals.

83.  American companies, he said, would not want to lose their licenses in Nevada or New Jersey over some lowlife people in Macao.

84.  American companies, including Microsoft Corp., are working on car computer systems.

85.  American companies, which used to offer similar perks, have long since cut back, partly to save money, partly to discourage attendance.

86.  American ambassadors in some foreign capitals spend much of their time trying to secure business for American companies.

87.  American insurance companies await word from the Japanese government on who will represent them on a commission aimed at finding ways to improve their market access.

88.  American companies added fewer jobs in July than economists had expected, reducing the chances that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates when it meets later this month.

89.  American companies and the American government unleashed sophisticated marketing campaigns that increased smoking in many countries where people do not fully understand its danger.

90.  American companies are also justified in complaining about export controls that the U.S. alone imposes, putting them at a competitive disadvantage.