1.   Land and building prices are tumbling - far faster even than in the West.

2.   Natural gas prices also tumbled amid concern warmer weather would dampen demand for heating fuels.

3.   Oil prices have tumbled.

4.   The price of gold tumbled to a four-year low.

5.   And inflation has remained out of sight as import prices tumbled.

6.   And once again, bond and stock prices tumbled in response.

7.   And with mutual funds filled to capacity with telecommunications bonds, the risk is that bond prices could tumble on just one piece of bad news.

8.   As interest rates rose last year, residential real estate prices tumbled by as much as a third.

9.   As it stands, other chip equipment makers, including KLA-Tencor, Novellus and Lam Research, have seen their stock prices tumble since August.

10.   As prices tumbled, farmers watched their debt soar.