The law is not denying contracts to firms owned by minorities and women - people are, just as they always have.

Bulgarian firm owned by the mafia have had to pay protection money.

For 1992 as a whole, just 10 percent of all legal fees went to firms owned by minorities and women.

In some cases, agency heads can limit bidding only to firms owned by women or minorities.

They said another 25 percent would go to firms owned by women or minorities.

During the years immediately following the injury he took a job with a firm owned by one of the club directors.

Snehashish is one of the Directors of the firm owned by the woman's family.

African Americans had the largest percentage of firms owned by women - 38 percent.

One significant departure in the Conrail sale was the role granted to firms owned by minority groups.

A firm owned by his wife previously had paid $1.5 million in an out-of-court settlement.