71.   The trouble began last week when the government decided to forge ahead with the sale of state-owned Egasa and Egesur power utilities in Arequipa.

72.   Unimar is to build a gas-fired power station on the coast of the Marmara Sea for the state power utility.

73.   Workers and employers in private railway companies, power utilities, and telecommunications giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. were to enter final negotiations late Tuesday.

74.   Japanese officials said the Indian finance minister also highlighted the importance of private-sector investment in the telecommunications, power utilities and petroleum sectors.

75.   Japanese power utilities are to cut tariffs again from July, the Yomiuri Newspaper reported Friday.

76.   Parer recently visited Korea and Japan and met ministers and representatives from power utilities, gas companies, steel mills and major trading companies.

77.   Sectors as diverse as postal workers, banks, hospital, tax offices, Telecom employees, air traffic controllers and public power utilities have joined the action.

78.   Sectors as diverse as postal workers, banks, hospital, tax offices, telecom employees, air traffic controllers and public power utilities have joined the escalating protests.

79.   Smaller increases are expected among other non-manufacturers such as power utilities, leasing companies and service industries, the ministry said.

80.   Sumitomo is expected to become the largest shareholder with some other Japanese firms and European power utilities also likely to take stakes, the spokesman said.