1.   As investors absorb the possibility of another round of Asian devaluations, so too do they begin to comprehend what a deflationary spiral could bring.

2.   Individual investors absorbed many of the losses, regulators said.

3.   Investors already have absorbed the assumption that HTV and Yorkshire, among others, stand to make substantial savings.

4.   Stock prices skidded Wednesday as investors absorbed more troubling data on the rapid growth of the economy and braced for more such disappointment Thursday and Friday.

5.   The added supply of debt to the market can often pressure yields to move higher until the glut is absorbed by investors.

6.   Trading in British Biotech Plc shares is likely to be active next week as investors absorb the results of mid-stage clinical trials for its cancer treatment marimastat.

7.   Bonds also benefited from a mixed performance in the stock market, where investors were still absorbing an earnings warning by Cisco Systems.

8.   But as in recent sessions investors absorbed the bad news and focused on good news regarding individual companies.

9.   Despite such bailouts, investors often absorb heavy losses, too.

10.   European stock markets closed lower Wednesday, as worried investors absorbed the Enron collapse and other bad corporate news from the United States.