1.   Also causing problems is the fact that while the wholesale market is deregulated, some rules still apply to the retail market.

2.   Americans tend to blame Japan in part for the strength of its currency, saying that it should do more to deregulate its markets.

3.   An Enron division called Enron Power Marketing Inc. then weighed in, arguing that FERC had not only the authority, but the obligation to deregulate the markets.

4.   And besides, the ministry has been committed to a more hands-off approach as Japan prepares to deregulate its markets during the next few years.

5.   And they expect to find more as Japan deregulates the markets.

6.   As Japan deregulates its markets, one of the major changes will be letting banks compete against brokerages.

7.   But Japanese officials contend that they are already deregulating markets, and they are concerned about losing influence in areas they have dominated for decades.

8.   But when the electricity markets around the United States were being deregulated, the companies followed clearly divergent paths.

9.   Cable television networks are expected to become a major competitive force against European telephone companies over the next few years as governments deregulate telecommunications markets.

10.   Commonwealth President and Chief Executive Officer Fred Bloom said that when the state first deregulated the electricity market last year, his company sent out some bills in error.