41.   Jinro was yesterday selected by the association of Korean commercial banks as the first beneficiary of an accord designed to stem a rise in business failures.

42.   Most venture-capital firms try to keep their investors well-informed, so they know about business failures or problems well before they hit the headlines.

43.   Sen. Margarita Prentice, D-Seattle and chairwoman of the panel, said reining in gambling now could mean closing charities, business failures and loss of jobs.

44.   Several more business failures are imminent.

45.   Tax troubles are often triggered by poor cash flow stemming from unintentional circumstances such as a business failure, job layoff, divorce or health problems.

46.   That is an enormous expense for a government already suffering from heavy unemployment and widespread business failures caused by the war against Yugoslavia.

47.   The American entrepreneurial edge is that business failure carries none of the stigma it bears in other nations.

48.   The bank had expected an even slower growth rate because of sluggish consumption, widespread labor strikes in January and a string of business failures.

49.   The closure represents the largest business failure in Japanese postwar history, is expected to go smoothly.

50.   The closing of Yamaichi was the biggest business failure in Japan since World War II.