81.   TAIWAN shares were mixed with gains in semiconductor shares offset by a drop in Formosa Plastics Corp. and steel shares.

82.   Telecom shares were mixed after MCI Communications Corp. agreed to be acquired by British Telecommunications plc.

83.   Their shares were mixed.

84.   Tobacco company shares were mixed this morning after release of the report.

85.   Venezuelan shares were mixed as investors fretted that a week-long rally has made shares expensive relative to future earnings.

86.   Venezuelan shares were mixed in the beginning of the week until Wednesday, when the central bank held its weekly auction of short-term notes.

87.   Venezuelan shares were mixed as the national telephone company fell on news workers will strike, while banks gained.

88.   Philippine shares were mixed in quiet trading Monday, with key blue-chip issues rising while other stocks succumbed to mild profit-taking, traders said.

89.   Philippine shares closed mixed as a lack of fresh, market-moving news deprived the market of some much-needed direction.

90.   Philippines shares were mixed Thursday, with last-minute profit-taking trimming initial gains, traders said.