51.   The company was to continue a board meeting today to decide whether it will cease its operations or not, an unnamed Yamaichi spokesman said.

52.   The combined bank, to be called Shin-Hokkaido Bank, will like Nippon Credit cease international operations.

53.   The Revitalization Agency ceased operations last month, and its activities were taken over by a new government agency.

54.   The three business ventures that have used it have gone belly up, including a hat factory, which ceased operations last October, Sakiestewa said.

55.   The trust promises to investigate and sue companies that refuse to pay, have ceased operations, or vanished.

56.   The WPVA, after firing president Nancy Lengel and promoting assistant David Williams at the beginning of the season, ceased operation in March.

57.   Thermal Pure Systems, which sterilized contaminated medical waste, recently ceased operations.

58.   U.S. regulators today handed another victory to the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., ordering two more call-back companies to cease operations in the Philippines.

59.   Two Japanese news services reported Friday that Yamaichi planned to cease operations.

60.   Two lines, Regency and Pearl, ceased operations during the past year.