31.   Philippine stocks moved sharply lower Thursday in a broad sell-off triggered by the steep fall on Wall Street overnight, traders said.

32.   -- The steep falls and rises in mutual funds leave investors searching for yellow warning flags as to when to sell and when to hang on to their investments.

33.   A I believe everybody who holds gold must be shaken by the steep fall.

34.   A steep fall in the Dow Jones industrial average on renewed inflation worries also spooked investors.

35.   A steep fall in January vehicle sales had also sparked concerns about the prospects of an economic recovery, market observers said.

36.   After the steep fall of the peso last year, companies found it hard to repaydebt denominated in dollars and were thus forced to downsize .

37.   Any steep economic fall will occur after a robust eight-year expansion.

38.   Banks and other major companies have recently had to revise their earnings outlooks because of a steep fall in Japanese share prices.

39.   But none was more damaging than the steep fall in price in the recent past.

40.   But its electronic parts business lagged due to a steep fall in demand for ceramics components, it said.