21.   Privatization is the ticket to solvency in the banking sector, says Joseph Persia, World Bank financial specialist for the South Asia region.

22.   The advisory team will be comprised of both financial specialists from Nomura Securities and steel industry analysts from Nomura Research Institute Ltd., he said.

23.   China could retaliate by liquidating its Treasury bills, triggering a fall in the bond market and consequently in the stock market, financial specialists said.

24.   The Bank of Greece will drop its guideline interest rates as of Wednesday, financial specialists said here Tuesday.