51.  Belkin, who lives in Weston and owns several communications and financial companies, has funded three prior Boston delegations to the museum.

52.  Before joining Dresdner, Stires worked at Interacciones Global, the New York-based unit of financial company Grupo Financiero Interacciones SA.

53.  BELGIAN stocks rose as merger speculation, for the sixth consecutive day, boosted Belgian financial companies like Kredietbank NV.

54.  Bond yields fell to eight-month lows, benefiting financial companies.

55.  Bowing to those concerns, aggregators have begun to partner with old-line financial companies rather than market themselves directly to the public.

56.  Bond prices rose slightly and yields fell for a second day Wednesday, and the improvement helped many interest-sensitive bank and financial company shares.

57.  Financial companies, which typically hold large bond portfolios, stand to suffer if interest rates rise as the value of their holdings is eroded.

58.  A financial advisory company was suspended from its city contract Friday after officials determined that it had not paid city taxes for the last five years.

59.  A convergence of market forces is leading the banks and financial companies to trim their costs and wipe out jobs.

60.  A former boss took an interest in her work and helped guide her career at a financial company in California.