41.   They said investors were bidding up shares to inflate the value of their holdings before the end of the first half of the business year on Tuesday.

42.   Two former executives pleaded innocent Thursday to charges they falsely inflated the value of a Connecticut company involved in the merger that created Cendant Corp.

43.   Watt admitted he pressured a real estate appraiser to inflate the value of a restaurant used as collateral in a loan made by Madison.

44.   The weaker yen makes Mazda autos more competitive in foreign markets and inflates the value of repatriated profits.