31.   That would lead to higher stock prices and business expansions, supporters contend.

32.   The closest thing to a consensus explanation for why the business expansion has gone on this long is the huge investment by corporations in productivity-enhancing information technology.

33.   The current business expansion is already the longest the nation has ever enjoyed.

34.   The earnings decline stemmed from costs associated with business expansion and the development of new products and services.

35.   The Economic Development Corp. is a nonprofit agency that promotes business expansion in the area.

36.   The Federal Reserve said Tuesday that economic weakness has replaced inflation as the chief threat to the long-running U.S. business expansion.

37.   The Economic Development Corp. is a nonprofit agency that promotes business expansion in the Los Angeles area.

38.   The Economic Development Corp. is a nonprofit agency that promotes business expansion.

39.   The maker of modems and other computer communication products wants to raise funds to pay debt, for working capital needs and business expansion.

40.   The likely result is a decline in the stock market and a slowing down of business expansion.