91.   On the stock market, shares shot up as a rebound in U.S. technology shares encouraged Japanese investors, traders said.

92.   On the stock market, stocks shot up as the rebound in U.S. technology shares encouraged Japanese investors, traders said.

93.   On the stock market, an overnight gain on Wall Street encouraged investors in Tokyo.

94.   Recent interest rate cuts in Singapore encouraged investors.

95.   Rising futures prices also encouraged investors.

96.   Stocks moved higher in early trading in New York Friday as another sign of cooling in the U.S. economy encouraged investors that interest rates could move lower.

97.   Surveyed companies predicted that optimism will improve further by the time of the next survey in September, encouraging investors.

98.   That should help people pay mortgages, businesses borrow money and encourage investors.

99.   Sri Lanka is encouraging foreign investors to build power plants in the nation that has a huge deficit.

100.   That news encouraged overseas investors to be net buyers of Japanese stocks for the first time in weeks, traders said.