61.   Ready for a new sort of annoyance on those hellish drives that are supposed to help families bond?

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

63.   Remarks from Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Michael Moscow also helped bonds.

64.   Sliding Japanese shares also helped bonds.

65.   Slipping Tokyo stock prices also helped bonds by making bond returns more attractive compared to stocks, said Satoru Igarashi, fund manager with Nissan Kasai Investment Advisers.

66.   Sluggish Tokyo stocks helped bonds, traders said.

67.   Sputtering stocks help bonds by dimming expectations the Bank of Japan will be able to raise interest rates.

68.   Stocks often rise after economic reports that help bonds, because investors are willing to pay more for stocks when interest rates decline.

69.   Speculation the Bank of Japan will cut its discount rate is also helping bonds.

70.   Strong signs from the Bank of Japan that it will keep interest rates low also helped bonds, traders said.