81.   While there was a marked improvement in performance, fuel economy also appeared to have registered a slight improvement.

82.   For Natexis Banques Populaires analyst Marc Touati, the slight improvement in the attitudes of the industrialists surveyed could be a sign that the worst is over.

83.   He gave no precise figures, but said the improvement showed the economy was stabilising, and that the March figures showed a slight improvement in exports.

84.   He believed the October employment figures could show a slight improvement, but did not expect any significant change of trend before the end of the year.

85.   Her bronchial pneumonia has been responding to therapy and showed slight improvement during the day, and her renal status remained stable, Aubanel added.

86.   In the clean sector, a slight improvement in prices was caused by better demand for India.

87.   Allies of ailing Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, encouraged by a slight improvement in his health, have multiplied their warnings against any moves to force his resignation.

88.   Bayer said its forecasts for the full year depended on foreign exchange rates and a slight improvement in the European chemical markets.

89.   But Broujerdi said there had been a slight improvement in bilateral ties.

90.   But consumers saw only a slight improvement in disposable income, it said.