111.   Still, analysts said the market will be more sensitive to the government spending plans in the future.

112.   Stocks were little changed as traders and investors awaited further details of a government plan to spur the Japanese economy.

113.   Tax payments will rise as banks cut costs, according to the ruling government coalition plan.

114.   Telecommunications giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. and fiber optics makers gained on a reported government plan to speed plans for a nationwide fiber-optic network.

115.   Taiwan stocks fell, led by construction shares, as a government plan to boost the stock market failed to impress investors, traders said.

116.   Still, the dollar was shielded from losses as traders dismissed a Japanese government plan to stimulate the economy as lackluster.

117.   That consolidated approach makes this program a departure from previous government plans that focused on a single need.

118.   The Argentine economy has failed to respond to a series of government plans to cut soaring budget deficits and bring down interest rates.

119.   The banking, brokerage and real estate shares that might have benefitted from a more aggressive government plan fell.

120.   The Bundesbank has opposed the government plan, saying it could damage the credibility of the common currency project and impair the independence of the central bank.