31.   Bids from several banks were received on Monday, and the deal with Nationsbank was struck Thursday.

32.   Benson said any Division I school would love to have the national TV exposure the WAC teams have received on ESPN the past three years.

33.   Best Buy licensees also receive discounts on advertising placed in Consumers Digest, he said.

34.   Bloomberg is making its content available to customers who wish to receive it on their own network of computers.

35.   Bond investors prefer moderate growth and little inflation because rising consumer prices erode the fixed principal and interest payments they receive on their bond investments.

36.   Bond investors prefer moderate growth and little inflation since rising consumer prices erode the fixed principal and interest payments they receive on their bond investments.

37.   A falling dollar erodes the returns foreign investors receive on Treasury securities when the proceeds are converted into their own currency.

38.   A falling dollar erodes the returns overseas investors receive on Treasury securities when the proceeds are converted into their own currencies.

39.   A falling dollar erodes the returns overseas investors receive on U.S. assets, making dollar-denominated securities less attractive.

40.   A falling dollar erodes the returns overseas investors receive on U.S. securities when they exchange the proceeds for their own currencies.