91.   J.P. Morgan joins a growing list of American financial giants with plans to dramatically expand their presence in Japan.

92.   Its appointment of FPT as a new dealer comes days after two other American companies, Coca-Cola Co. and Chrysler Corp., also expanded their presence here.

93.   Kautz said an Asian partner would help DaimlerChrysler achieve its goal of expanding its presence in the Asian market faster and more cheaply.

94.   Karzai has appealed for international peacekeepers protecting the capital, Kabul, to extend their stay and expand their presence to other cities.

95.   On Tuesday, State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns said NATO peacekeepers were expanding their presence to Pale, a town southeast of Sarajevo where Karadzic maintains his headquarters.

96.   Rather, it wanted to form an alliance with a global company and expand its presence in overseas markets.

97.   Russia has been seeking to expand its presence in Asia as a response of sorts to NATO enlargement and U.S. international domination.

98.   The agreement disclosed Thursday allows the companies to exchange network capacity so that SingTel can expand its presence in Europe and Belgacom can do likewise in Asia.

99.   The deal marks the latest example of a foreign financial powerhouse expanding its presence in Japan, which recently has begun deregulating the banking, brokerage and insurance industries.

100.   The latest moves would allow foreign investors to tap further into telecommunications, entertainment and other service areas, and to expand their presence in the financial markets.