1.  Denmark-based International Service Systems A/S said it would not comment on a U.K. press report that it is interested in BET's cleaning business.

2.  CUBA-BUSINESS _ WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. _ The dream of doing business in Cuba was nudged awake June 23 after Fidel Castro had a fainting spell.

3.  Del Ponte speaks four languages _ Italian, French, English, and German _ but doesn't like to conduct business in English because it is her weakest language.

4.  Deputy Energy Secretary Charles Curtis said recently that the industry's new ways of doing business "have made the markets more brittle and volatile."

5.  Delta III and Sea Launch are competitors in the growing satellite launch business.

6.  Currency-type derivatives, for instance, help save enormous sums for corporations doing business overseas.

7.  Curt Decker understands how far business has come.

8.  Despite Markey's "no-PAC" pledge, he is one of the most aggressive fund-raisers from companies that have business before his committee.

9.  Despite all the furor, the changes being sought by business would make only marginal differences in standard workplace practices.

10.  Despite that, Sheriff's Sgt. George Vanecek doubts that Kalustian's crew would use violence because doing so would only draw police attention and hurt business.