71.   The Chinese firm is expected to push forward with the project with Ford Motor Co. of the United States, the major economic daily said in a front-page article.

72.   The closure leaves three major Hebrew dailies, the Yediot Aharonot, Maariv and Haaretz while the trade union newspaper Davar is also fighting to survive.

73.   The coupon on the dual-currency bond will be about five percent, the major economic daily said.

74.   The government will then establish a new state-owned supervisory body to control nuclear waste and development of fast-breeder reactors, the major daily said.

75.   The Mainichi Shimbun, another major daily, said the liberalisation plan was presented at bilateral ministerial insurance talks between Mitsuzuka and Barshefsky here last Friday and Saturday.

76.   The move is effectively the merger of the two companies with only the sales divisions left separate, the major economic daily said.

77.   The major economic daily said the planned listing was aimed at strengthening its capital base and expanding its business profile.

78.   The move would represent an effective merger of the two companies with only the sales divisions left separate, the major economic daily said.

79.   The Nihon Keizai Shimbun, a major economic daily, said such bid rigging appeared to have been a common practice over the past six years.