41.   Factory inventories were unchanged in June.

42.   Fed officials left the rate unchanged in May and again at a policy meeting last week.

43.   Figures are expected to show prices paid to factories, farms and other producers were unchanged in June, after falling in May, analysts surveyed by Bloomberg said.

44.   Finance, insurance and real estate, meanwhile, was unchanged in August from July, as stronger real estate activity offset a sharp drop in financial services output.

45.   Except for the tax increase, consumer and wholesale prices were lower or unchanged in the quarter.

46.   Excluding automobiles, production was unchanged in April.

47.   Finance and insurance costs were unchanged in June, as were office rents.

48.   Finance Director Derek Pretty said the gross margin, excluding distribution costs, was unchanged in the first half from the year-earlier period.

49.   Ford shares were unchanged in late morning trading today.

50.   Frame-relay sales were unchanged in the fourth quarter from the third.