11.   Earlier in the week, reports surfaced that Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin had written an extraordinary letter to his counterpart in Japan expressing deep concern about Japanese economic problems.

12.   Dynegy has been hearing rumors that a media report to that effect may surface.

13.   First Interior Minister Janusz Tomaszewski was forced out this month after reports surfaced that he had collaborated with the secret police of the former Communist regime.

14.   For many investors, though, the most disturbing development came in mid-February, when reports surfaced that Qwest was having trouble borrowing in the commercial paper markets.

15.   GTECH has been under close scrutiny since November, when reports surfaced that a former company official hired a close friend of recently fired Lottery Director Nora Linares.

16.   He said it was only after reports surfaced that the money had been transferred from Hong Kong that the RNC began to examine the source of the funds.

17.   He recently lost two part-time jobs in Vernon and Maywood when reports of the injuries to other young patients surfaced.

18.   However, a report surfaced Saturday that a group of businessmen in Minneapolis is trying to persuade Pohlad to delay his decision and possibly sell the team.

19.   In Indonesia, reports are surfacing that suggest members of the security forces may have been among the men who raped ethnic Chinese women during rioting last month.

20.   In recent months, reports have surfaced about cutbacks in a broad range of BofA businesses as well as the elimination of some business units.