71.   Karan said it expects to complete that sale in the third quarter of this year.

72.   Koehler said he expected the sale to be completed by the first week of June.

73.   Last month, Tyco said that it would complete the sale of the plastics business by the end of April.

74.   Knight-Ridder, which declined to speculate how much the papers could fetch, said its goal is complete the sale in the fall.

75.   Lilly late today completed the sale of Hybritech Inc., a San Diego-based unit, to Beckman Instruments Inc. for an undisclosed price.

76.   Littlechild said he expects the plant sales to be completed by the end of the year.

77.   McKesson Corp. said it completed the sale of its Millbrook Distribution Services Inc. unit as part of a move to focus on its core health-care business.

78.   Mining companies complete forward sales as a hedge against falling prices.

79.   Miami-based Knight-Ridder said it expects to complete the sale in the third quarter.

80.   Millon said it hopes the sale will be completed by the end of the year.