21.   Mixed earnings news from Motorola and Yahoo! dampened investor enthusiasm Thursday, but technology stocks managed to continue their advance.

22.   Most performance indicators finished near their best levels of the day as the market continued an advance that began late last week.

23.   On the stock market, share prices continued their advance as investors bought high-technology blue chips.

24.   On the stock market, prices continued their advance as investors bought high-technology blue chips.

25.   Once that is accomplished, the Croatian army would have little incentive in continuing its advances.

26.   Rebels acknowledged losing the town, but said they were continuing their advance on Kinshasa and had also captured the important eastern city of Kisangani.

27.   Russian troops on Wednesday continued their advance into southern Chechnya in an attempt to flush rebel fighters from positions in the foothills south of Grozny.

28.   Retailers also gained ground, continuing their advance on strong earnings reports Tuesday.

29.   Russian troops on Wednesday continued their advance into southern Chechnya in an attempt to flush rebel fighters from positions in the foothills south of capital Grozny.

30.   Ricardo Puig, research head at Research One Overseas Inc., said the market may continue its advance in coming days because of the declining cost of borrowing.