21.   A report from the Labor Department Tuesday further eased investors worries over interest rates.

22.   Apparently to ease market worries, Thaksin said the central bank under the new governor will retain a low interest rate policy.

23.   Babun hopes to ease such worries, though it is not easy.

24.   But a series of modest readings on inflation has eased those worries, lifting bonds and sending interest rates lower.

25.   But the report also said more must be done to ease public worries about nuclear power, citing, among other things, the need for more information disclosure.

26.   But the move has failed to ease worries expressed by the Hong Kong Journalists Association that press freedom has become more restricted under the post-handover administration.

27.   Consumer prices were unchanged, easing worries that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates and prompt Mexico to follow suit.

28.   Finance Minister Masayoshi Takemura tried to ease worries by saying such cuts had not been ruled out.

29.   Forecasts are for good weather through the weekend, easing worries that winter storms could arrive and shut down the salvage effort until spring.

30.   Gasoline futures at the New York Mercantile Exchange ended at their lowest level for the year Thursday, as easing supply worries prompted traders to liquidate long positions.