61.   A Dutch group is negotiating to buy the failed investment bank.

62.   A group headed by Isiah Thomas is negotiating to buy the nine-team International Basketball Association, league officials said Tuesday.

63.   At the same time as it wants to sell power to India, Pakistan is negotiating to buy cheap electricity from Central Asia to meet its own needs.

64.   Bowater Inc., the largest U.S. newsprint maker, is negotiating to buy part of a South Korean newsprint mill owned by Halla.

65.   BSkyB confirmed Monday that it was negotiating to buy the club.

66.   Cochran and Johnson told reporters they are negotiating to buy parts or all of the Gems of Barbados chain, five small, luxury hotels around the Caribbean island.

67.   Citibank is now negotiating to buy a majority stake in First Bangkok City Bank.

68.   Dallas real estate developer Ross Perot Jr. and a local investment group are negotiating to buy a minority interest in the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League.

69.   Diamond dealers from several Gulf states with no official ties to Israel are visiting the country and secretly negotiating to buy precious gems, a leading businessman said Sunday.

70.   Former Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan is negotiating to buy a share of the Charlotte Hornets, NBA commissioner David Stern said Saturday.