71.   Infrastructure was neglected, the economy fell to a negative growth rate and civil servants were unpaid.

72.   Instead, it will focus on administrative changes aimed at cutting staff, better coordinating U.N. operations worldwide and allowing the organization to function with a negative growth budget.

73.   It is expected to focus on administrative changes aimed at reducing staff, better coordinating U.N. operations worldwide and allowing the organization to function with a negative growth budget.

74.   It is possible, with the crisis expected to worsen before it gets better, that the economy will grind to a halt or register negative growth this year.

75.   It was reported that Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa said the territory might post negative growth as the economy was in a major adjustment.

76.   It is expected to focus on administrative changes aimed at cutting staff, better coordinating U.N. operations worldwide and allowing the organization to function with a negative growth budget.

77.   Japan leads an almost clean sweep of Asian economies with negative growth, all experiencing the worst conditions for half a century.

78.   It was the second consecutive quarter of negative growth in domestic PC sales.

79.   Mayur added that Salomon Smith Barney, which is a securities firm, already expects negative growth in Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea.

80.   Napocor said the positive growths were realized in most regions despite the negative growth trend exhibited by the industrial sector.