41.   The looming prospect of possible condemnation, they said, discouraged business expansions and improvements in the area.

42.   The nonprofit Economic Development Corp. promotes business expansion in the Los Angeles area.

43.   The prospect of strikes in Hollywood has forced furniture refinisher Simon Briones to put a business expansion on hold.

44.   They lower the cost of borrowing for business expansion.

45.   They want to find room for high-tech and other business expansion in other parts of the city as well.

46.   Weaker demand for imports due to a slowing U.S. economy will hold back trade later this year, said the nonprofit agency, which promotes business expansion.

47.   What has been created, explains PaineWebber in its latest Investment Intelligence report, is a nearly perfect environment for capital markets and business expansion.

48.   With business expansion on hold, consumers and government are being called on to step into the breach.

49.   With federal matching dollars, her group helps many of the unbanked open their first accounts to save for a home, business expansion or education.

50.   Would the Bush plan extend the long business expansion or lead the red-hot economy to blow a gasket?