31.   A shorter memo by an Orkin executive in Louisiana warned branch managers to review company policy against fraud, theft and forgery.

32.   A two-day meeting of Bank of Japan branch managers from across the country starting today will be another focus early this week, investors said.

33.   Also, weather forecasters are predicting above normal temperatures through January and that pressured all energy futures, said Jim Duffy, Kansas City branch manager for Gerald Energy.

34.   Bryan Denman, a branch manager at Fleet Bank downtown, came to the wedding directly after a business meeting.

35.   Business is up this IRA season at the Fidelity Investments branch, said Theresa Bishop, branch manager.

36.   But for some of the loans, regulators said a branch manager forged customer signatures on forms approving the transfers.

37.   But not long after that, the branch manager came to her again.

38.   But Stuppy Floral Products Co. in North Kansas City is posting prices a nickel less than last year, branch manager Tim Burton said.

39.   But the Clematis Street poster is authentic, branch manager Art Bullard said.