71.   Losers included major brokerage issues, banks and construction stocks.

72.   Members include New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso, federal securities regulators, former analysts for major brokerage firms and academic experts, Baker said in a statement.

73.   On the stock market, prices started higher with blue chips and issues of major brokerages extending their recent strong gains.

74.   On the stock market, the Nikkei index rose on buying of select technology shares by major brokerage houses.

75.   Other major Japanese brokerages are expected to follow suit early next year.

76.   On the stock market, the Nikkei index initially rose on buying of select technology shares by major brokerage houses.

77.   On the stock market, the Nikkei index initially rose on buying of selected technology shares by major brokerage houses.

78.   Police in western Japan arrested a corporate racketeer Tuesday for allegedly blackmailing Daiwa Securities Co., a major Japanese brokerage, to compensate him for stock trading losses.

79.   Prosecutors continued Friday to investigate Yamaichi Securities, a major brokerage, in connection with alleged illegal payoffs to a racketeer.

80.   Prosecutors Wednesday raided the head office of Yamaichi Securities Co., a major Japanese brokerage, in a widening scandal involving suspected payoffs to a corporate racketeer.