81.   AES and other independent power companies have been growing because of a trend by governments worldwide to get out of the business of running businesses.

82.   Computer companies have capitalized on this trend by putting out ever new technology at reasonable prices.

83.   He said the relevant authorities in Perlis could help stem this trend by organising beneficial activities for youths during the school breaks.

84.   NAFTA, short for North American Free Trade Agreement, accelerated this trend by creating a trade zone with Canada and the United States.

85.   President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has vowed to fight the trend by lifting a moratorium on the death penalty and ordering that kidnappers be executed first.

86.   Singson said the central bank would support the positive inflation trend by maintaining firm monetary policies.

87.   Some stocks like Century Textiles, Bombay Dyeing and Morarjee Goculdas bucked the trend by modernising equipment and branding their fabrics.

88.   Soybeans, meanwhile, bucked the daily trend by inching higher on the strength of gains in soymeal after commercial funds made large purchases.

89.   The government expects prices to begin to rebound, ending the current deflationary trend by the end of the year.

90.   The finding was included in the annual report on global population trends by the Washington-based Population Reference Bureau.