41.   Telecom Italia was interested in Vodafone, but those talks went nowhere, said the person.

42.   That estimate is too high, said a person familiar with the situation.

43.   The administration is concerned that trying to get an agreement on paper may derail the process, the person said.

44.   That is a pseudonym for a Chinese sociologist with long experience in the Three Gorges region, said a person familiar with the research.

45.   The bank has had less success meeting profit goals in the group that trades currencies and Treasury securities, said a person familiar with bank management.

46.   The company ordered the software anyway, although it was never fully installed, this person said.

47.   The discussions, which ended by mutual agreement this weekend, were at an executive level only and excluded any outside advisers, the person said.

48.   The detective said a person passing nearby saw what was happening, stopped the man and made enough noise to attract the attention of others.

49.   The Fed began looking into the losses banks might face if Sumitomo defaulted on its obligations even before the company publicly announced its loss, the person said.

50.   The management rearrangement seemed an insult to Ware, said the person who knows him.