91.   European bond markets followed benchmark U.S. Treasuries lower amid concern Japanese banks will sell their foreign bonds to shore up their balance sheets.

92.   Executives at several European and Japanese banks said the added scrutiny is coming during regularly-scheduled examinations.

93.   Experts and credit analysts say Japanese banks are threatened with being downgraded partly because the commitment of monetary authorities to bailing out troubled financial institutions is uncertain.

94.   Falling real estate prices could exacerbate problems at Japanese banks, the OECD said.

95.   European bond markets were little changed amid concern Japanese banks will sell their foreign bonds to shore up their balance sheets.

96.   Federal and state bank regulators on Thursday ordered Daiwa Bank Ltd., the big Japanese bank, to close its operations in the United States within three months.

97.   Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan will testify on the Japanese bank before a Senate banking panel on Monday.

98.   Fidelity also plans to market mutual funds through Japanese banks.

99.   Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said he is considering ordering spot inspections of Japanese banks following a loan scandal at Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd.

100.   Falling below that would further jeopardize the already weak credit ratings of Japanese banks and raise their costs.