51.   The retailer of clothing geared towards teen-agers reported better-than-expected performance in the fourth quarter.

52.   The services provided by the foundation is varied and geared towards all age groups.

53.   They wear black masks on duty and their rough training is geared towards defending the country in a crisis.

54.   Instead, production was geared towards increasingly white paper -- which requires bleaching.

55.   Army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jose Mabanta said any US assistance should be geared towards helping modernize the poorly-equipped Philippine military.

56.   Based in Annecy, in southeast France, Banque Laydernier is geared towards individuals, professionals and small businesses.

57.   Chen said that the industry should gear itself towards upgrading skills and productivity, improvingoperations and introducing new technology to hone its competitive edge.

58.   Capdevila said the hotel development would mostly be business- and economy-class accommodation, initially geared towards the domestic market.

59.   The second section of the action programme is geared towards boosting economic integration.

60.   The software, being developed by the California-based company, is geared towards home-shopping information systems, the official said.