61.   Across the region, rising interest rates and weak currencies have undermined investor confidence in the ability of publicly traded companies in Asia to expand profits.

62.   After all, predicting a profit for Amazon.com could destroy investor confidence and bring down the house of cards.

63.   After the events in Minas Gerais, the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia issued a statement saying that investor confidence in Brazil could be shaken.

64.   All this while the Mexican peso crisis has undermined investor confidence in industrializing nations worldwide.

65.   Bundesbank officials, in a rare public protest, warned that the plan risks undermining investor confidence in German monetary policy and the future single currency.

66.   Burdened with the job of rebuilding investor confidence, Lay turned to Jeffrey K. Skilling.

67.   But a batch of solid fourth-quarter earnings reports this week helped lift investor confidence.

68.   But as a result, investor confidence in the Russian market plummeted and the stock market has lost more than half its value since the beginning of the year.

69.   But as Enron continued to unravel, investor confidence in Dynegy also faded, and it called off the deal later that month.

70.   But hopes that the plan would immediately bolster investor confidence seemed dim.