71.  But in a field of state-owned financial companies where enormous losses are routinely written off, other, still unclear factors may also have been at play.

72.  But most financial companies are looking closer to home.

73.  But Weill argued that this is a good time for a U.S. financial company to be growing globally.

74.  By setting up holding companies, Japanese financial companies are expected to gain greater flexibility in entering new businesses, reorganizing units and reducing workers.

75.  Carret could not help overhearing Adams describing his idea for a new financial company, which became Massachusetts Investors Trust, one of the first mutual funds.

76.  Check writing is not limited to financial companies.

77.  Canadian stocks suffered their worst drop in four months, led by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and other financial companies.

78.  Chiyoda took advantage of new laws that permit financial companies to reorganize under court protection.

79.  Church likes the prospects for financial companies like Signet Banking Corp. and Crestar Financial Corp. Falling interest rates can boost profitability by increasing demand for loans.

80.  Clearly, big financial companies with access to reams of statistics and surveys are of a different mind.