41.   The fashion house said it hoped to have Schiffer back in October for its spring-summer collection.

42.   The Gianni Versace fashion house said Tuesday it will skip the high fashion collections in Paris next month out of respect for the slain designer.

43.   The Giorgio Armani fashion house said Friday that it has appointed Andrew Grossman to the newly created position of chief operating officer of Giorgio Armani Corp., U.S.

44.   The investment house said an upward revision will be likely if the regional currency outlook improves in a sustainable and meaningful way over the next three months.

45.   The investment house said the adjustment was based on anticipated strong flows of money from abroad.

46.   The letters were bought on behalf of an undisclosed British institution, the Phillips auction house said.

47.   The painting was purchased by an anonymous American bidder via telephone, the auction house said.

48.   The publishing house said all comment had to come from director John Murphy, who was not immediately available.

49.   The trading house said sellers in the futures market appreared in large numbers towards the close of trading in the December contracts.

50.   The trading house said the discount for futures remain substantial between April contracts and the cash market.