21.   Share prices were also hurt by concern financial reform now being considered by the government may prompt an unwinding of cross shareholdings among Japanese companies.

22.   Some companies continued to be hurt by concern that fallout from Asia could damage profits.

23.   St. Louis stocks fell this week, hurt by concerns that government spending cuts and reduced consumer spending will slow the economy.

24.   Stock prices were also hurt by concern that the dollar has stopped rising against the yen, said Dhia Amir, equity trader at Nomura Securities.

25.   Stocks have been hurt by concern that the Federal Reserve could raise benchmark borrowing costs as early as this month to stop the economy from overheating.

26.   That concern hurt shares of so-called cyclical stocks, shares of companies whose profits rise and fall depending on how the economy performs.

27.   That concern hurt stocks for most of September, as high bond yields attracted investors away from the stock market.

28.   The early concern has hurt some merchants, however.

29.   The interest rate concern hurt shares of French financial companies.

30.   The maker of chipmaking equipment has been hurt by concerns that demand for its products will not be as robust as hoped for next year, analysts said.