81.   Among the losers were HSBC Holdings and Hong Kong Telecom, two of the three companies which the stock exchange banned short selling of their stocks on Wednesday.

82.   Arbitrage selling, coupled with selling of blue-chip issues by foreign investors in the afternoon, left the Nikkei with a slight loss at the close.

83.   As a condition for the aid, Iberia is obliged to sell of its Latin American holdings, including most of its stake in Aerolineas Argentinas.

84.   As the corn and soybean harvest draws to a close, traders expect farmer selling of those commodities to increase.

85.   Baker said, however, that electronic commerce should not concentrate on buying and selling of goods alone.

86.   Banks must also provide more options to their customers, such as a cross selling of their products, he said.

87.   Bank officials see potential for selling of bank products to its new insurance policy holders, and insurance products to its bank clients.

88.   Bossi has insisted that the premier sell of his networks or create a blind trust.

89.   But selling of high-priced technology and telecommunications issues pushed the average into a negative territory.

90.   But selling of some technology issues, including those in major Japanese electronics maker Sony led the Nikkei into negative territory toward the morning close.