1.   At that time, currency traders looked at fading hopes for lower U.S. rates, which dragged down U.S. securities, as a reason to boost the dollar.

2.   Bonds fell across Europe amid fading hopes rates will be cut soon.

3.   A faltering dollar coupled with fading hopes for lower German interest rates weighed on equity markets across Europe.

4.   Chilean stocks traded mixed as fading hopes of an interest rate cut this quarter offset increased investment from abroad.

5.   Chilean stocks reversed early gains as fading hopes of an early cut in interest rates offset increased investment by foreign mutual funds.

6.   Chalk one up for the largemouth bass guides at Castaic Lake, those who still hang on the fading hopes of a world record.

7.   Chilean stocks traded mixed of fading hopes that Spanish utility Endesa would bid for shares in five investment companies.

8.   European bonds were little changed and stocks were mixed amid fading hopes the Bundesbank will cut German interest rates when it meets tomorrow.

9.   European stocks and bonds declined amid a slumping dollar and fading hopes interest rates will be cut further.

10.   European Union leaders are arriving in Dublin, amid fading hopes that their informal summit can inject any urgency into talks on reforming EU institutions.