41. Coffee prices dropped after a report of rain in Brazil. 42. Coffee prices dropped after Brazil escaped freezing weather threatened for the weekend, diminishing the chances of a frost this year. 43. Companies ranging from fiber optics developer Harmonic Lightwaves Inc. to software producer SeaChange International Inc. dropped after forecasting gloomy profits. 44. COMMODITIES -- Commodities fell, with crude oil dropping after oil workers in Norway canceled plans to strike. 45. Companies as diverse as fiber-optics developer Harmonic Lightwaves Inc. and software producer SeaChange International Inc. dropped after forecasting gloomy profits. 46. Companies whose earnings rise and fall most as the economy changes, or so-called cyclical stocks, dropped after a report indicated that the French economy is slowing. 47. Connecticut stocks fell this week as shares of Lynch Corp. dropped after a private investor cut her stake in the diversified industrial company. 48. Connecticut stocks fell this week, led by Gartner Group Inc., whose shares dropped after its majority shareholder said it was reconsidering its stock purchase program. 49. Corn and soybeans dropped after rains soaked Midwest farms, bolstering prospects for what could be record harvests. 50. Corn futures dropped after a week of slow export sales renewed concern that supplies will be ample with the addition of grain from the bumper U.S. crop. |