51.   Packard Bell was cash starved, needing money to finance expansion.

52.   Proceeds from the stock sale will be used to finance market expansion, for product development, working capital and general corporate purposes.

53.   Proceeds from the sale will be used to finance expansion, repay debt and for working capital and general corporate purposes.

54.   Regional utilities, partially owned by Eletrobras, look to it to raise funds to finance the expansion of generating capacity and expand transmission systems.

55.   Rising interest rates affect more than the willingness to borrow in private markets to finance expansion.

56.   Spices financed the expansion of shipping and sowed the seeds of empire for Spain, Portugal and England.

57.   Such equity deals have given European giants like Telefonica of Spain and Deutsche Telekom a war chest with which to finance their expansion.

58.   That could make it difficult for Latin American markets to find the foreign investment needed to finance economic expansion.

59.   That could make it difficult for Latin American companies to attract the foreign investment needed to finance economic expansion.

60.   Such a surcharge would be similar to one that was used to finance an expansion of the Police Department under Dinkins.