71.   Oil stocks fell after an unexpectedly large rise in U.S. crude inventories reported late yesterday by an industry group.

72.   Oil stocks fell after an unexpectedly large gain in U.S. crude inventories reported late yesterday by an industry group.

73.   Reached at his California home late yesterday, Barrett declined to comment on his resignation, submitted late Thursday to Maughan.

74.   Quantum said late yesterday that its third-quarter earnings will lag expectations because of plummeting prices for hard disk drives in personal computers.

75.   Rains during the past two days were insufficient to restore water levels in farmlands parched by drought since November, he said late yesterday.

76.   Repeated from late yesterday.

77.   Quaker spokesman Ron Bottrell said late yesterday that the company expects to hold on to Snapple.

78.   Rival chipmaker Cyrix Corp. sued the company late yesterday for allegedly using its patented technology in the top-selling Pentium-class chips.

79.   Rustenburg Platinum Holdings Ltd. said striking workers returned to the job late yesterday when the night shift started and said it was assessing production losses.

80.   Robert Rubin, the chief Treasury official, reiterated the concern in an interview on CNN late yesterday.