1.  After graduating, she was assigned a job at a local company.

2.  For more specific figures, call your local electric company.

3.  Hoge said that if this merger was approved, other local Bell companies also would merge.

4.  It Markets its products through all of them, as well as through GTE-California and most other local companies.

5.  Local companies and industries have been helping independent schools by providing buildings and equipment.

6.  Local companies and industries have been helping independent schools to provide buildings and equipment.

7.  Many local companies have recently been experiencing financial difficulties.

8.  Nationalist politics often favor local companies over outside media giants, skewing competition for new licenses.

9.  So far, local companies have been the most responsive.