1.   Bank shares could slide because they are some of the most sensitive to interest-rate swings.

2.   Bank shares may slide for a second day.

3.   Bank, drug and retail shares slid.

4.   About two shares slid for each that rose.

5.   Its shares have been sliding since rumors surfaced last week that the company was considering a bid for Mississippi-based WorldCom.

6.   Oil shares slid.

7.   Others say the shares could slide in the short term.

8.   That caused Coke shares to slide after first rising on news of the stock split.

9.   Technology shares could slide back after rising this week.

10.   Venezuelan shares slid to their lowest level in six months in light volume as a quadrupling of the overnight inter-bank rate weighed on prices.