1.   Private toll operators will have a direct incentive to maximise traffic in order to maximise profits, probably at the expense of the railways.

2.   The bonds sold by toll road operators were among the hardest hit by the Mexican financial crisis.

3.   The E-Z Pass also allows toll operators to eliminate jobs and free up more cash to pay off bondholders.

4.   Toll road operators such as Gamuda Bhd. and Lingkaran Trans Kota Holdings Bhd. fell.

5.   Toll road operators would then only have to recover maintenance and operating costs through tolls.

6.   Two more Hong Kong-based toll road operators just sold shares to investors and a third is selling stock now.

7.   Other companies included toll road operators, metal producers, chemical makers, and pharmaceutical companies.

8.   Lehman Brothers was also appointed as adviser for toll road operator PT Jasa Marga, and Goldman Sachs for port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II.

9.   Mekar Idaman has three companies in its stable -- listed toll operator Metacorp Bhd and road-builder Intria Bhd, and construction firm Nikmat Pelantar Sdn Bhd.