1.  During February a number of key industrial companies announced forthcoming contraction and redundancies, reflecting the continued rise in unemployment.

2.  And in the later rounds, the list of investors usually includes key companies that do business with the start-up.

3.  At some key companies, they will be significantly worse than that.

4.  Investors also are looking ahead to corporate earnings reports from key companies this week like Koor Industries Ltd., Israel Corp. and IDB Holding Ltd.

5.  Investors also are looking ahead to corporate earnings reports from key companies this week like Koor, Israel Corp. and IDB Holdings.

6.  It is commonly used in French state sales to prevent foreign groups taking over key companies.

7.  Investors are also speculating on strong first-quarter earnings for the key companies.

8.  The company began making job cuts in November and last month announced that four key company officials, all Swiss nationals, were returning to Switzerland to cut costs.

9.  The company will seek additional partnerships with key Internet companies, he said.

10.  While VSI has dabbled in Web development, it has not been a key company business, Marquis said.