51.   Bert Brandenburg, the justice department spokesman in Washington assigned to the case, did not return phone calls seeking comment.

52.   Bill Carter, an FBI spokesman in Washington, D.C., said the agency does not keep statistics on how many crimes involve the Internet.

53.   A Boeing spokesman in London said he had no information about the crash.

54.   A Boeing spokesman in Washington, D.C., said last week that Boeing has not lobbied for or against a waiver.

55.   A Continental spokesman in Houston declined to comment on the incident, and Assadi noted that in the end he was allowed to board without answering the question.

56.   A CSFB spokesman in Zurich, Joerg Neef, confirmed a report in The Independent newspaper in London that he was fired for unauthorized trading in U.K. stock options.

57.   A Banco Santander spokesman in Madrid said the bank will issue a statement about its First Union holdings later today.

58.   A Bank of America spokesman in Charlotte declined comment.

59.   A Bell Atlantic spokesman in Philadelphia said he had no knowledge of the SEC investigation.

60.   A Deutsche Bank spokesman in Frankfurt said the bank will not hire people or open accounts for people it knows to be Scientologists.