31.   Automatic trading halts worked, but did they help?

32.   David Malkin, of Vancouver, British Columbia, was touring the NYSE when the first trading halt took effect and was unfazed.

33.   HONG KONG should be proud that its markets stayed open throughout the recent turbulence when several overseas markets instigated trading halts, a senior stock exchange official says.

34.   The government then relaxed previous limits that had required a half-day trading halt after a stock had risen the maximum amount allowed for three consecutive days.

35.   The trading halt will remain in place until Friday morning.

36.   The trading halt came following published reports that a bankruptcy filing is expected this week.

37.   While stock market officials maintained a trading halt on Raytheon shares, most of its rival contractors tumbled.