31.   The hope is that investors would look around, decide that things were not really so bad and go bargain hunting.

32.   The rebound was attributed largely to upbeat comments from bellwether IBM, as well as bargain hunting among shares depressed by two days of heavy selling.

33.   They are using their growing purchasing power to wring concessions from producers for the first time, altering decades of consumer thinking that bargain hunting was somehow unpatriotic.

34.   Philippine stocks rose in thin trading Monday, buoyed by bargain hunting of selected blue chips and second-tier shares, traders said.

35.   Philippine shares closed higher in mixed trading Friday, buoyed by bargain hunting and the stronger peso, dealers said.

36.   Pessimism again ruled the street Thursday, pushing down a brief advance early in the afternoon on bargain hunting.

37.   Philippine shares also closed higher in thin trading, buoyed by bargain hunting of selected blue chips and second-tier companies, traders said.

38.   Philippine stocks closed mixed Thursday as bargain hunting fizzled out toward the end of the session, traders said.

39.   Philippine stocks rebounded Friday, powered by bargain hunting after an overnight rally on Wall Street, traders said.

40.   Philippine shares also closed higher in thin trading, buoyed by bargain hunting of selected blue chips and second-tier companies.