71.   However, business and agriculture interests have backed an improved trade relationship, saying it will open up a lucrative overseas market to their products.

72.   If its acquisition is approved by the Federal Trade Commission, Valero will have three refineries in the lucrative California market.

73.   IBM, for its part, saw the legal sale of computers to the weapons labs as a steppingstone into the potentially lucrative Russian market.

74.   In pursuing an older black audience, Emmis sought to cash in on an increasingly lucrative market that had often been overlooked by advertisers.

75.   In the long run, analysts believe North Korea offers South Korean construction companies another lucrative market.

76.   In the lucrative market for surveying equipment, Leica PLC and Ashtech have aggressively cut prices.

77.   In their quest for music revenue, ViaTech executives have been careful not to abandon lucrative markets they have nurtured over the last six years.

78.   It is proving to be a lucrative market for TJ International, a Boise, Idaho-based lumber company that makes engineered wood products.

79.   It means several companies will join the fray for a piece of the lucrative market, including such well-heeled competitors as International Business Machines Corp.

80.   It must fight IBM and other computer makers for a share of the lucrative market for electronic data services.