51.   Shares in Hong Kong-based telecommunications companies surged as investors bet companies would gain greater access to the booming Chinese market.

52.   Still, because unemployment is low and consumer confidence is high, analysts said the rate increase may not immediately brake a booming housing market.

53.   Switchboard is a much smaller part of the Banyan comeback story, but it may have the most potential, given the booming market valuations of Internet properties.

54.   Thanks in part to a booming TV market, NBC is making money on pro football.

55.   Strong economic growth, low inflation and booming financial markets have made the U.S. an attractive place for Japanese to invest money, boosting the dollar, traders said.

56.   That is crucial for countries like South Korea and Taiwan, whose recovery from the Asian crisis was fueled largely by exports to the booming U.S. market.

57.   That could enable Disney, which did not disclose how much the public will own, to receive a boost from the booming market for Web stocks.

58.   The automaker was hurt by a shortage of models this year, particularly in the booming market for sport-utility vehicles, minivans and station wagons.

59.   The acquisition of Netscape gives the combined companies new muscle to combat rival Microsoft Corp. in the booming Internet software market.

60.   The carmaker is fighting to regain market share at home by focusing on the booming market for sport utilities and station wagons.