11.   Ford said it was postponing plans for a second shift at a Thai factory scheduled to open in March.

12.   For Taegu, the put option means that the city may have to postpone plans to build its highways.

13.   GUM, which had been seeking listings on overseas stock exchanges, sent despondent faxes that day to its investment banker friends, postponing those plans indefinitely.

14.   He postponed growth plans and started fund-raising.

15.   Hokkaido Takushoku Bank Ltd. shares tumbled following newspaper reports that it will postpone plans to acquire Hokkaido Bank Ltd.

16.   In addition, Soros said he had postponed plans to set up a Quantum India Fund.

17.   In response to the reception, the space agency postponed plans to publicly unveil the initiative in Washington late last month so it could undergo revisions.

18.   Juppe has postponed his plans to turnabout the SNCF.

19.   Korea Development Bank postponed its plans to sell bonds in the U.S. until next year, four investors familiar with the transaction said.

20.   Last week Stanley Works, a Connecticut tool company, postponed its plan to evade taxes by incorporating itself in Bermuda.