51.   Bill Clinton, shunning discussion of the Marc Rich pardon, told business software and Internet specialists Monday he was fortunate to be president while their industry blossomed.

52.   COMPUTER Associates, which specialises in business software, is looking at acquisitions in Asia to beef up its services side.

53.   Gates also demonstrated some enhancements to the best-selling Office suite of business software, due on the market this spring.

54.   Henceforth, business software will be treated as an investment, not a cost, and so will add to gross domestic product.

55.   In the convention hall, exhibitors were showing off the latest business software and Internet programs to let users create their own displays on the global computer network.

56.   It also makes tape drives, and is a leading developer of business software.

57.   It says sales of its business software are surging as companies prepare for more competition.

58.   Microsoft previously used another software update to sabotage its Office business software electronically on computers it believed were running illegal copies.

59.   Seven major business software companies are going after persistent online pirates they say sold copies of valuable programs through Internet auction Web sites.

60.   The firm manufactures business software mainly for the manufacturing sector.