91.   Abbey National executives are worried about such cuts, according to a person close to their discussions.

92.   According to a person close to the campaign, Bush plans to step up his campaign schedule and attack Arizona Senator John McCain, his chief GOP rival.

93.   According to a person close to the negotiations, Glaxo executives first approached SmithKline last weekend about the possibility of a merger.

94.   According to the person close to the negotiations, Oxford needed the short-term loan to meet the capital requirements of regulators in several states.

95.   After the board meeting, several French directors have privately stepped up pressure on Messier to resign, a person close to the board said.

96.   All of the proposals are still in the development stage, and not one has yet been presented to the union, a person close to the manufacturers said.

97.   Also, CBO economists and academics from across the country were to meet tomorrow afternoon to review economic forecasts, according to a person close to the negotiations.

98.   Although Arnault had agreed that Lescure must go, he argued for waiting until after the presidential elections to make the change, a person close to Arnault said.

99.   Bristol-Myers is also asking for patent rights to Erbitux and also to be allowed to sell other competing drugs, one person close to the situation said.

100.   But a person close to Hardaway said his intense dislike for the Knick players has something to do with it.