61.   Electricity, Madden believes, could be a profitable business when the economy improves in this country where the poor illegally tap power lines to light their slums.

62.   Electrolux, maker of Frigidaire refrigerators and Eureka vacuum cleaners, said it might cut more jobs next year if the economy does not improve.

63.   Economists tell the magazine that the economy is improving, thanks to consumer confidence.

64.   Even so, another report from the Conference Board, a private economics firm, suggested that the economy may improve in the next six months.

65.   Expectations that the economy is improving enough to increase the inflation threat has driven yields more than three quarters of a percentage point higher since February.

66.   Executives said they expect a quick rebound once the economy improves and also announced several plans for their prime-time television line-up.

67.   Executives said they expect a quick rebound once the economy improves and announced several plans for their prime-time television line-up.

68.   Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan paved the way for more interest rate cuts Wednesday, saying the American economy had improved but a recovery will take some time.

69.   Expectations of a rate change have increased, however, amid signs the economy is improving.

70.   For most of the rest of the region, visitors will probably start to relax their grip on their wallets as the economy improves.