51.   Yeltsin himself has raised concern in business circles in recent weeks by firing top reformist ministers and promising potentially budget-breaking subsidies to ailing economic sectors.

52.   French business circles in China say they hope several contracts will be signed during the Chirac tour there, although the programme has not yet been officially announced.

53.   He denied South Korea had made such a late bid because they had had trouble getting approval from government and business circles.

54.   He said that the slush fund scandal had to be turned into an opportunity to launch political reforms and sever the collusion between politicians and business circles.

55.   His re-entry into the cabinet ends a brief boycott which sparked alarm in business circles.

56.   International financial markets and business circles have waited with growing impatience for the government to come to grips with reform of the heavily-indebted economy.

57.   Against this backdrop, politicians and business circles are eagerly awaiting the next stage, expected Tuesday, of the inquiry into the Roh Tae-Woo corruption scandal.

58.   And Hewlett-Packard occupied a stall in a computer fair in Tehran in April, European business circles in Tehran said.

59.   An official investigation into the crash, which rocked Malaysian business circles, is still pending.

60.   Berlusconi, who heads up a private media empire, enjoys strong support for the reforms among business circles.