71.   Investors had feared a Quebec vote for independence would shake up North American financial markets because the U.S. and Canada are intertwined economically.

72.   Investors have been fearing his successor as Prime Minister could be National Assembly speaker Philippe Seguin.

73.   Its problem is that Korean companies operate with large amounts of debt, making them vulnerable when foreign investors fear for their money.

74.   Japanese bonds fell as investors feared plunging Tokyo stocks will prompt troubled financial institutions to sell bonds to generate cash.

75.   Like their counterparts in the United States, investors feared a new wave of global inflation, stoked by the powerful American economy.

76.   Market analysts speculated that investors feared Gannett would pay too much for the Central properties.

77.   Most absurd of all is the theory that investors fear the U.S. Federal Reserve is through hiking interest rates to fight inflation.

78.   Noel said some investors fear the orders might not take place until December, if at all.

79.   Olivetti will start the bid through a gaming machinery subsidiary called Tecnost, and some investors fear that Tecnost and Telecom may be merged, if the bid succeeds.

80.   Other metals, in addition to gold, also climbed, stoking investor fears that rising prices would also increase inflation and force the Fed into action.