21.   Industrial demand for silver grew, with a rise in usage by the photography, electronic and medical industries, offsetting a drop in demand from jewelry fabricators.

22.   Intel Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and other computer-related stocks gained, offsetting a drop in oil shares.

23.   Its focus on specialized chips is expected to offset the drop in memory prices.

24.   Japanese stocks traded mixed as a rise in shares of banks and contractors, amid optimism over continued low interest rates, offset a drop in insurance issues.

25.   Japanese stocks traded mixed as a rise in electronics exporters offset a drop in financial shares on concern about bad loans.

26.   Japanese stocks were little changed as gains in electronics shares offset a drop in financial issues.

27.   Oil, auto, and railroad issues rose the most and offset drops in computer software, drug and gold issues.

28.   Oil, auto, and railroad issues rose, offsetting drops in software, semiconductor, computer and drug issues.

29.   Philippine stocks were mixed, as gains by banks offset drops by San Miguel Corp. and Jollibee Foods Corp.

30.   Polaroid Corp. reported its first profit in a year, beating Wall Street estimates, as cost-cutting more than offset a drop in sales.