71.   The agreement came just two days after GGT executives acknowledged they had been in takeover talks.

72.   The agreement came on the eve of a vote on the legislation Thursday in the House of Representatives.

73.   The agreement comes amid a flurry of acquisitions as U.S. banks jockey to gain business in the most populous and wealthiest areas of the country.

74.   The agreement comes as a relief to the pharmaceutical industry.

75.   The agreement comes as chemicals and pharmaceuticals producers such as Monsanto, Dow Chemical Co. and Novartis AG push aggressively into agricultural biotechnology.

76.   The agreement comes as movie studios, facing rising production and marketing costs, increasingly team up to co-finance films and share distribution.

77.   The agreement comes at a critical time for the Russian economy, as foreign investors have been fleeing Russian markets.

78.   The agreement comes in two parts.

79.   The agreement comes less than a week after Indonesian Prime Minister B.J. Haibibie voiced anxiety over the UN autonomy plan.

80.   The agreement comes two months after Apartment Investment first approached NHP about a possible acquisition.