91.   Behind all these disputes is the need for both countries to fuel their explosive economic growth, analysts and company officials say.

92.   Blumenthal said the state had requested documents from Met Life and would depose several company officials in February.

93.   Boeing Co., stung by its sliding fortunes in the key China market, may set up its first manufacturing joint venture there, a Chinese company official said.

94.   Better-than-forecast sales of the machines in the U.S. were more than offset by a shortfall in Japan, a company official said.

95.   Boston is one of three cities being considered as the new headquarters for FTD Inc., the nationwide network of florists, company officials confirmed Friday.

96.   Both the sponge and its packaging will be exactly the same as before, company officials said, and it should first be available in packs of six.

97.   Boeing has not used replacement workers in previous strikes and has no plans to use them now, company officials said.

98.   A company official confirmed that it had been wooed aggressively by the Port of Los Angeles and would take the best deal offered.

99.   A company official declined to immediatly comment.

100.   A company official said Friday a fix has been developed and will be released early next week.