11.   Disappointing results could send interest rates higher and stock prices lower.

12.   Drug supplies might be even more plentiful and purer in the cities of North America, and prices even lower.

13.   Expectations for large crop yields and favorable weather in the Midwest helped push corn and soybean futures prices sharply lower Wednesday.

14.   FRENCH bonds fell as Treasuries pushed European prices lower following comments from the governor of the Bank of Japan which were interpreted as meaning Japanese rates will rise.

15.   Her comments, which pushed Treasury prices lower early in the session, raised concerns that a rate increase by the Fed could come before November.

16.   Investors agreed, and they pushed government bond prices lower because of reduced expectations that the Fed will need to cut interest rates to prop up the economy.

17.   Kansas City and Chicago wheat futures prices closed lower Friday and weakness from those pits spilled into Chicago corn and soybean trading.

18.   Kansas City and Chicago wheat futures prices closed lower Thursday as investors in commodity funds sold contracts.

19.   Kansas City and Chicago wheat futures prices closed mostly lower Friday, with corn and soybean futures also falling.

20.   Kansas City and Chicago wheat futures prices finished lower Thursday, while corn futures rose slightly and soybean futures were mostly lower on favorable crop prospects.