71.   It has suspended payment of its debt.

72.   It suspended payments on most of its debt a year ago and was on the brink of bankruptcy last week.

73.   New Zaire premier Kengo Wa Dondo suspended all payments made from government accounts, a communique read over Zaire National Radio announced on Tuesday.

74.   Some of the press expressed fear about the plan to suspend debt payments.

75.   The board of directors of bankrupt retailer Kmart has suspended severance payments to its former top executives and launched a probe into possible wrongdoing by the officials.

76.   The appeal suspends payment but if overruled again, Nintendo will have to pay the fine and the funds will go to Alpex creditors.

77.   The Anglo-French company suspended interest payments on its huge debt last September.

78.   The Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel said Thursday it was suspending payment of interest on its junior debt.

79.   The company had suspended payments so as not to worsen its short-term finances, the spokesman said.

80.   The company has suspended interest payments on its debt and faces insolvency if it cannot agree a rescue.