11.   Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. has decided not to sell any more of its massive equity holdings for the time being, the Nikkei Kinyu newspaper reported.

12.   The banks also plan to ask other lenders to shoulder some of the losses, the newspaper reported.

13.   The cause was a heart attack, Brazilian newspapers reported.

14.   The cause of death was a stroke, French newspapers reported.

15.   The committee comprises the energy secretary, two independent energy experts and a former bureaucrat, Indian newspapers reported.

16.   The company produced more oil than expected in Qatar last month, reported newspaper Berlingske Tidende today.

17.   The cause was a stroke, British newspapers reported.

18.   The finance and justice ministries agreed to allow banks to issue perpetual bonds, or bonds with no maturity date, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported.

19.   The finance and justice ministries have agreed to allow banks to issue perpetual bonds, or bonds with no maturity date, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported.

20.   The Finance Ministry will today order the insurer to halt operations, the Asahi newspaper reported, without citing sources.