91.   With the local economy slipping from bad to worse, residents of this traditionally laissez-faire financial center are looking to the chief executive for hands-on direction.

92.   Without sophisticated global players, Liddell said, Hong Kong risks losing its status as a global financial center.

93.   --Paris posted the worst performance of any European financial center.

94.   Our Prime Minister and his deputy have been working very hard to promoteMalaysia as a reputable financial center.

95.   Prices fell across the board in London, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Amsterdam and other financial centers.

96.   Action in Asia and some European financial centers offered a positive backdrop for U.S. trading, with stocks advancing in Tokyo and London.

97.   Any loss in business, however, was worth it to improve the reputation of the Bahamas as an international financial center, Bethel said.

98.   Anti-government groups have called on their Shiite followers to boycott the holiday in this Gulf nation, a key U.S. Navy base and a regional financial center.

99.   As a fledgling financial center by world standards, this small city-state could not risk the use of soft banking regulations, he said.

100.   Bahrain is a key offshore financial center for the Gulf and a base for the U.S. Navy.