A（）is a special type of parent company that exercises little operating control over the subsidiary，merely“holding”its stock as an investment.

Damages to the goods were caused by heavy snow（）transit.

Since the good sare（）stock，they cannot be supplied（）stock.

Jim was about to sign the contract but I（）.

We（）some brochures（）to illustrate the types of materials we manufacture.

（）any disputes between the two parties，the ICC Court of Arbitration should be resorted to.

Both joint ventures and wholly-owned facilities are（）.

（）are subsidies or tax rebates paid by government to encourage them to export.

The consignment certainly does not match the samples（）you sent us last month.

For all the remaining items the stated dates of shipment are（）,but in no case would these dates be exceeded by ten days.