71.   While a strengthening economy can help stocks, fast growth can spark inflation and drive up interest rates, making it more expensive for companies to finance their businesses.

72.   Barcelona mayor Joan Clos praised Ferrer for getting civic groups and businesses involved in the Games, especially a plan under which private companies financed training of Spanish athletes.

73.   Many Thai companies also financed growth and expansion by taking out loans in foreign currencies through offshore banks.

74.   The Australian company will finance the deal through a combination of ordinary shares, convertible notes and bank debt.

75.   The state-owned tanker company will finance the contract itself.

76.   Venture-capital companies finance up-and-coming companies - usually in high technology - with an eye to rapid growth, high returns and a listing in a stock market.

77.   When Tyco bought New Jersey-based CIT last summer, the company financed airplanes and trains and was a significant lender in the textile and clothing industries.