1.   One effect of this was to fuel concern in Israel that a deal might be struck which would somehow link the Kuwait and Palestinian issues.

2.   Also fueling concern about PLDT are delays in the approval of its rate restructuring by the National Telecommunications Commission.

3.   An U.S. employment report fueled concern that a tight U.S. job market will push wages higher, prompting the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.

4.   And if the yen continues its decline, that could also fuel investor concern that Asian currencies in general will keep tumbling.

5.   Banks slumped for the fifth day as plummeting global markets and waning economies fueled persistent concern corporate profit growth will slow.

6.   Banks slumped for the fifth day as plunging global markets and waning economies fueled persistent concern corporate profit growth will slow.

7.   Bonds and stocks posted their biggest losses in four months Friday because the employment report fueled concern about inflation.

8.   Both fueled concern that the economy is strong enough to keep the Federal Reserve from lowering interest rates again.

9.   Both reports fueled concerns that the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee may raise interest rates to slow economic growth and inflation later this month.

10.   Bonds fell as a slumping dollar fueled concern that overseas investors may shy away from Treasury securities.