41.   Telstra shares slipped on news of the appointment.

42.   Traders said shares slipped because investors were taking profits after several sessions of rising prices.

43.   Tokyo stocks finished higher Thursday, but Hong Kong shares slipped with prices mixed elsewhere across the region.

44.   Vodafone shares have slipped in recent sessions.

45.   With takeover expectations now diminishing, AIB shares slipped when the Dublin Stock Exchange opened Thursday.

46.   He had been expected to see his vote share slip.

47.   Auto shares also slipped.

48.   Financial shares slipped.

49.   Tokyo shares slip in morning se percent Tuesday morning as better sentiment over earnings and economic fundamentals largely offset a slide in telecoms stocks, dealers said.

50.   McDonnell Douglas, the number-three airliner producer behind Boeing and Airbus, has relied more recently on defense as its market share has slipped in civil aviation.