71.   The company said it expects those business conditions to continue and to hurt overall financial results in the near term.

72.   The diffusion index is calculated by subtracting the percentage of respondents who say business conditions are worse from the percentage of those who say they are better.

73.   The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reports tomorrow on regional business conditions in August, while the Labor Department releases figures on weekly claims for unemployment benefits.

74.   The evictions are the first concrete outgrowth of a campaign by the city to rid the Fulton market of organized crime influence and to improve business conditions.

75.   The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reports tomorrow on regional business conditions in August, while the Labor Department releases figures on weekly jobless claims.

76.   The figure indicates that the number of managers who think business conditions will worsen in coming months outstrips the number who think their prospects will improve.

77.   The index is computed by subtracting the percentage of managers who foresee worsening business conditions from the percentage who see conditions improving.

78.   The index is computed by subtracting the proportion of companies foreseeing a decline in business conditions from the percentage expecting conditions to improve.

79.   The index measuring expectations of business conditions for the next six months fell to its lowest point since June.

80.   The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia issues its survey of regional business conditions on Friday.