1.   Higgins has named Mark D. Caudill, vice president for energy competition at AGL Resources, to keep track of deregulation programs and urge enactment of the Georgia model.

2.   Still searching for ways to recover from its disastrous power deregulation program, California is taking a big step toward resuming more control over its energy supply.

3.   Financial deregulation program kicks off.

4.   In recent years, Japan has been implementing a financial deregulation program that makes it easier for foreign companies to gain a foothold.

5.   Shapiro downplayed concerns that the U.S. requests would be incompatible with a financial deregulation program announced by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.

6.   The Japanese government is expected to publish the final revision of its three-year deregulation program at the end of the March.

7.   The plan is expected to be approved by the Cabinet at the end of March, when the current three-year deregulation program expires.

8.   The Philippines is in the transitional phase of an oil industry deregulation program.

9.   The prime minister has called for a new five-year financial deregulation program and staked his political career on its success, Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said Monday.

10.   The prime minister on Monday called for a new five-year financial deregulation program and staked his political career on its success.