91.   Seagram and DuPont announced the huge stock buyback Thursday, fueling rumors already swirling in financial circles that the Canadian firm was close to a deal on MCA.

92.   Speculation that he was on the way out dominated talk in Parisian financial circles and on Wall Street ahead of the meeting.

93.   Speculation that he was on the way out dominated talk in Parisian financial circles and on Wall Street.

94.   Speculation that he was on the way out dominated talk in Parisian financial circles.

95.   The Bank of France did not change monetary policy in connection with its Thursday call for tenders, a stand-pat decision that financial circles had anticipated.

96.   The accord had been widely anticipated in financial circles as heralding an era of less government borrowing and lower interest rates.

97.   The Bank of France did not modify monetary policy on Thursday, a decision anticipated by financial circles.

98.   The complex proposal to create a chemical giant had been badly received in financial circles and was shelved when official investigators began probing huge and unexplained losses at Gemina.

99.   The complex proposal to create a chemical giant rocked the Italian business world but was badly received in financial circles.

100.   The decision to bankrupt the company last October has arguably delayed the task of updating ageing infrastructure, and also left financial circles fuming.