71.   On the stock market, share prices dropped because of aggressive selling by foreign investors and Japanese corporations, traders said.

72.   TBS said a rebound in profits at Japanese corporations over the past year led companies to increase their advertising budgets.

73.   The Bank will increase the number and locations of seminars intended to entice Japanese corporations to expand into Vietnam, the spokesman said.

74.   That has led to moves by Japanese corporations to restructure their operations in Japan and cut jobs.

75.   The central bank said Monday that the global slowdown has hurt exports and sapped profits of Japanese corporations.

76.   The disclosure of the losses last June roiled world copper markets and raised fresh questions about supervision at Japanese corporations.

77.   The company cites a decline in demand for equity financing by Japanese corporations as the major reason for the losses posted by its overseas affiliates.

78.   The dollar plunged to a record low against the yen Thursday amid heavy selling of the U.S. currency by Japanese corporations and a drop in U.S. Treasury bond prices.

79.   The hostages include several executives of Japanese corporations, and a Japanese newspaper reported that the guerrillas have demanded millions of dollars in ransom from leading Japanese corporations.

80.   The drop came amid heavy selling of the U.S. currency by Japanese corporations and a drop in Treasury bond prices.