1.   All this has brightened the outlook for individually owned funeral homes.

2.   At the same time, European governments are scaling back regulations on business and selling off state-owned assets, brightening the outlook for stocks.

3.   Banks helped boost the broad market as bond yields fell, brightening the outlook for their profit margins.

4.   Banks helped lead the gains in the broad market as bond yields fell, brightening the outlook for their profit margins.

5.   Bond yields eased, brightening the outlook for future earnings and making stocks more attractive, as concern eased that international investors would curb their Treasury purchases.

6.   Bonds paired gains as Tokyo stocks rose for the first time in three sessions, brightening the outlook for the economy.

7.   Bonds pared gains as Tokyo stocks rose for the first time in three sessions, brightening the outlook for the economy.

8.   Bond yields fell, brightening the outlook for future earnings and making stocks more attractive, as concern eased that international investors would curb their Treasury purchases.

9.   Bonds pared gains in late afternoon trading as Tokyo stocks rose for the first time in three sessions, brightening the outlook for the economy.

10.   A weaker South African currency brightens the outlook for companies such as Sasol, Anglo and Richemont, which derive large portions of their earnings from foreign currency.