1.  No names of overseas companies have been disclosed.

2.  New opportunities are opening up for investors who want a more direct stake in overseas companies.

3.  Bulk samples of ore for processing and refining quotations were sent to JM and Degussa amongst other overseas companies.

4.  It may be issued by UK or overseas companies which satisfy certain conditions.

5.  It also has the largest number of overseas companies listed.

6.  It does, of course, assume that the company has some unique product or process that an overseas company will want to manufacture.

7.  American consumers also seem to be helping overseas companies, according to the new data.

8.  An official at the ministry said Philip Morris appears to have used tax breaks designed for overseas companies, even though it has operations in Italy.

9.  An example might be Hong Kong-based C.P. Pokphand, an overseas Chinese company that is now the largest single foreign investor in China.

10.  As Asian markets fall, investors are worried about defaults on loans made by Japanese banks to overseas companies.