111.   Trading in Internet stocks may simmer down a bit now that many online brokers are tightening the rules for investors buying these stocks on margin.

112.   U.S. negotiators said the trading credit plan was especially important because it gives business flexibility to cope with tightening environmental rules.

113.   U.S. corporations complain that China, instead of easing market access, has been tightening the rules for Western investors in the last few months, particularly in telecommunications.

114.   Wine distributors are solidly opposed to any form of wine by mail and, under pressure from them, many states have been tightening the rules.

115.   Poland tightened visa rules on its eastern border in December to address EU concerns of an increasing flow of drugs, arms and illegal immigrants.

116.   President Alexander Lukashenko promised Wednesday to further tighten his rule in this former Soviet republic and to introduce measures similar to those used by the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

117.   Poland tightened visa rules with its eastern neighbors in December to ease EU concerns about an illegal flow of immigrants, drugs and arms across the borders.

118.   A recent increase in robberies and kidnappings has compelled the government to tighten the rules for the licensing and use of weapons.

119.   Adding teeth to an international treaty on pesticide use, a U.N.-sponsored conference has tightened the rules for the export of certain dangerous chemicals.

120.   An advisory panel comprised mostly of judges urged the government Thursday to tighten bail rules to prevent suspected criminals from returning easily to the streets.