41.   Japanese bonds soared, driving the benchmark yield to a record low, after a central bank report showed a full-blown business recovery is nowhere in sight.

42.   Japanese bonds soared, driving the benchmark yield to a record low, after a central bank report yesterday boosted optimism that interest rates will stay on hold.

43.   Japanese bonds were little changed after the benchmark yield briefly sank to a new low.

44.   Japanese bonds will probably extend gains next week, driving the benchmark yield to new lows, as prospects for global stocks remain shaky.

45.   More higher-rated companies are lining up to take advantage of the recent dip in benchmark treasury yields.

46.   More companies with high credit ratings are lining up to take advantage of the recent dip in benchmark treasury yields.

47.   Optimism over new measures fueled a stock rally up to yesterday and weighed on bonds, pushing the benchmark yield to its highest in almost two months.

48.   Record low benchmark bond yields are making investors, mainly life insurance companies, reluctant to buy bonds further.

49.   Sales of new investment-grade bonds have slowed since mid-February, when a rise in benchmark government bond yields sent borrowing costs about a percentage point higher.

50.   Still, the Irish benchmark bond yield remains near four-month lows, indicating that the economy is set to expand without the threat of accelerating inflation.