11.   That target market may welcome the overture, Andolsen said.

12.   The financial markets have welcomed reports showing the economy is slowing, mainly because it reduces the chance that inflation will accelerate.

13.   The markets welcomed the news that Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto may speed up government spending.

14.   After months of uncertainty, markets welcomed the new government.

15.   Aclan said the market welcomed testimony Thursday by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.

16.   But the market welcomed the news even as some observers described the deal as virtually casting Telecom into a great unknown.

17.   Dealers said the market also welcomed the slight decline of the yen, which has risen to postwar highs against the dollar in recent weeks.

18.   Dealers said the currency market had welcomed the new economic team but the uncertainties over the political situation would pose another barrier for investors.

19.   Financial markets welcomed the Yes victory, narrow as it was.

20.   Markets typically welcome lower rates, but this time traders have been selling on worries that the Fed is not doing enough to bolster the sagging U.S. economy.