61.   Banks have few bad loans to write off, and junk bond defaults last year fell to the lowest level in more than a decade.

62.   Banks plunged to their lowest level in eight years the next day on concern lenders could be forced to help bail out Sanyo and other failed companies.

63.   Auto sales fell in June, and overall retail sales unexpectedly dropped last month to their lowest level in almost a year.

64.   Because of his minor role in the crime, Mohammad was allowed to plead guilty to the lowest level of felony and received probation.

65.   Before the new crops of corn and winter wheat are harvested, supplies of wheat and corn left in storage will dwindle to the lowest levels in decades.

66.   Belgian bonds rose, pushing yields to the lowest level in four months, as expectations of continued low interest rates buoyed markets across Europe.

67.   Bond prices dropped to their lowest levels in five weeks and the Canadian dollar dipped to its lowest level in nearly four months.

68.   Bond yields are at their lowest levels in three decades.

69.   Bonds rallied Tuesday, sending interest rates to their lowest levels in nearly a week on speculation that the Fed would cut short-term interest rates soon.

70.   Bond prices soared, pushing yields to their lowest levels this year, and the Australian dollar shed more than one-and-a-half U.S. cents.