101. Meanwhile, expectations of large wheat sales to Russia that sent prices soaring last week have gone unconfirmed. 102. Most are holding back, however, amid concern that anti-reform politicians will win December parliamentary elections and send share prices down even further, traders and analysts said. 103. Most chipmakers, for example, are adding capacity, which could send prices dropping. 104. More ominous is the worry that access to Persian Gulf oil might be imperiled in ways that would send the price skyrocketing. 105. News of the U.N. delay and the U.S. attacks on Iraq sent crude oil prices soaring yesterday as investors bet on a delay for the humanitarian sale. 106. Nabisco and some of the cereal companies have advised analysts to lower their expectations, sending share prices down in December. 107. News of the new rules sent prices of securities-firm shares soaring. 108. News about similar plans by other companies to expand in China, such as Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd., sent stock prices up. 109. News that the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier is headed to the Gulf sent oil prices to their highest since February. 110. Overlapping state and federal investigations and lawsuits and the possibility that regulators could order companies to return past profits sent share prices of energy companies tumbling. |