51.   A failure to sell Rosneft would be taken by many investors as a sign that Russian assets are no longer so desirable.

52.   A seller who knows how much the buyer makes or what his assets are may be reluctant to bend on price.

53.   A. The only hotel stock we are recommending is Starwood, which is still cheap relative to what its assets are worth.

54.   About half of all fund assets today are in funds invested in stocks.

55.   About half the assets were in areas such as energy, autos and basic industries, including industrial machinery and equipment.

56.   After a while, the employee said, employees joked that there would be no assets left to deal.

57.   Administration officials said it was too soon to know whether any assets would be uncovered.

58.   All the transferred assets are now back where they started, he said, and in any case, times have changed, and so has Yukos.

59.   Brazilian shares were mixed as optimism over sale of state-owned telecommunications assets was offset by declines in electric utilities and smaller companies.

60.   Brazilian shares were mixed as optimism over the sale of state-owned telecommunications assets was offset by declines in electric utilities and smaller companies.