41.   Boeing, hit hard by the slowdown, said the deal improved the outlook for a difficult year ahead.

42.   Better equipment, medicine, improve outlook for inhaled anthrax,

43.   Doctors say up-to-date intensive care units and better medicine almost certainly are improving the outlook.

44.   For investors, a rate cut would improve the outlook for corporate profits, said Ronald Hill, an investment strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman.

45.   Gains in computer stocks in New York Friday improved the outlook for high-tech companies in Japan, traders said.

46.   Greenspan has indicated that massive investments by businesses in computers and other productivity-enhancing equipment in recent years has permanently improved the outlook for productivity.

47.   He said heavy rains across the North throughout July caused landslides and floods but also improved the outlook for harvests.

48.   Kim said that steady rain across the North throughout July caused landslides and floods but also improved the outlook for harvests.

49.   Steady rain in July, including flooding, both hurt matters and improved the outlook for later harvests.

50.   The dollar plunged against the yen Thursday, as Tokyo stocks continued to rise and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan again improved his outlook for the U.S. economy.