51.   A big outstanding question is the ultimate fate of Liberty Media, the television programming unit of TCI.

52.   A big question for this year is whether investors are still willing to enter buy orders when companies choose to parcel out the news.

53.   A big unanswered question as the vice-presidential debate approaches is which Joe Lieberman will show up.

54.   A big question for the airlines is whether the government will require them to match bags on every segment of a flight.

55.   A big question is how landing rights at Narita will change hands.

56.   A big question is how many Brazilians are going to be willing to pay for Internet access over their cellular phones.

57.   A big question is whether immigrants will automatically support him.

58.   A big question is whether Schwarzenegger is acceptable to the hard-right.

59.   A big question now is whether Ford will agree to accept huge numbers of workers back from Visteon if it is ever spun off.

60.   A big question hanging over everyone is how much of the traffic that currently runs on wired networks will shift to wireless technology.