91.   Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov accepted a Russian compromise Wednesday for transporting Caspian Sea oil across his republic, snapping a deadlock that threatened to delay the project.

92.   Chairman and chief executive Dave Lesar the company is not satisfied with profits in the engineering and construction business, as customers have delayed major projects.

93.   City officials have approved a controversial housing project there, funded by U.S. millionaire Irving Moscowitz, but legal wrangles have delayed the project.

94.   Environmental groups earlier accused PTT of misleading the public by claiming it faced compulsory fines if the project was delayed.

95.   Federal regulators in December had voted to delay the project, after residents of Butler and Lawrence counties in Pennsylvania raised environmental concerns.

96.   Foot-dragging has delayed construction projects, however.

97.   He also appealed to companies granted concessions both in Thai and Vietnamese waters to delay their projects, pending the proposed talks.

98.   He also warned of financial losses if the project is delayed.

99.   He said the project should be delayed indefinitely because consumers had been hit by the economic crisis.

100.   He said the previous contractor had on many occasions delayed the project.