31.   Chernomyrdin hopes to keep international bankers clearing billions of dollars in credit.

32.   He made his pleas at a meeting of international central bankers that Greenspan also attended in Hong Kong on Monday.

33.   If international bankers believe the Thai economy will recover, they are likely to offer extensions on those loans.

34.   Nepotism and collusion that enriched the Suharto clan and friends are recognized as core problems for the economy by ordinary Indonesians and international bankers alike.

35.   Nepotism and corruption that enriched the Suharto clan and friends are recognized as core problems for the economy by ordinary Indonesians and international bankers alike.

36.   The Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced Tuesday that it has appointed international banker James J. McNulty as its president and chief executive officer.

37.   The debt negotiating team for rump Yugoslavia canceled talks with top international bankers scheduled for Monday in New York, local media said.

38.   The Kazak government will resume privatizing two major oil companies later this this year, officials told a meeting of international bankers Sunday.

39.   The reason, said Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, is his fear that the country would sign away its sovereignty to international bankers and foreign investors.

40.   They also were pleased by reports that South Korea, where Japan is its largest creditor, was largely in agreement with international bankers about restructuring its debt.