31.   The conference focused on measures to pass greater authority to local financial market regulators and establish stronger links between central and local regulators, said the newspaper reports.

32.   The General Accounting Office said that the merger could increase efficiency of the market regulators and reduce market uncertainty about their actions.

33.   The group of Treasury and Federal Reserve officials, along with market regulators, coordinates government responses during market crises.

34.   The market regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission, also is considering outlawing unreported or falsely reported short selling.

35.   The recent market rallies have been fraught with controversy over irregular trading, drawing the attention of market regulators in Beijing.

36.   This group of Treasury and Federal Reserve officials, along with market regulators, coordinates government responses during market crises.

37.   Greenspan said Thursday that market regulators could not be expected to protect investors from mistakes.

38.   Abdullah said he had met with market regulators Thursday and told them to act speedily on the matter.

39.   Alarmed by the extreme volatility, markets regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India warned bourses against excessive speculation.

40.   But he added that the US central bank and other market regulators were closely watching events in this relatively new area of futures trade.