21.   Most economic indicators in the last few months have suggested that the long business expansion is slowing somewhat from its torrid pace late last year and earlier this year.

22.   Not everyone agrees, and a U.S. business expansion in Asia has long been regarded as a nightmare by many nationalists in the region.

23.   Opponents say the measure will restrict revenue growth and business expansion.

24.   Phil Tate is the director of business expansion and attraction for the state Department of Economic Development.

25.   Productivity of American workers fell for the first time in more than a year, indicating that business expansion is reaching a mature phase.

26.   Rising bond yields, which can hinder business expansion, also spurred concern over earnings growth.

27.   Rising yields hurt stocks because they drive up the cost of business expansion.

28.   Such high borrowing costs could choke off business expansion and touch off a recession or, almost as troubling for stocks, the fear of a recession.

29.   That could further put the brakes on business expansion.

30.   That in turn stalls business expansion and consumer spending.