41.   Nevertheless, shareholders treasure splits because they often mean rising stock values.

42.   Now its stock value is following suit.

43.   One analyst predicts an accord between congressional Republicans and President Bill Clinton will lead to a doubling of stock values over the next five years.

44.   One inquiry will be to determine how many employees in the last decade have suffered substantial retirement losses because of declines in company stock values.

45.   One analyst thinks an agreement between Republicans and Democrats will lead to a doubling of stock values over the next five years.

46.   Plummeting stock values also drove yields lower as investors switched their holdings to safer fixed-income securities.

47.   Plummeting stock values also helped bonds as investors switched their holdings to less-volatile fixed-income securities.

48.   Seven companies in the DAX, including profitable software maker SAP AG this week, have pared stock values through stock splits.

49.   Schroeder said criticism of Eventemp is to blame for the plummeting stock value, and he is angry at those who blasted his company on the Web.

50.   Shoven notes, however, that such a decline in stock values, driven by a scarcity of new saving, is unlikely to happen overnight.