1.   After rising as investors sought a haven from the turmoil in Asia, European bond markets pared their gains along with U.S. Treasuries.

2.   European markets pared their losses when the U.S. market bounced.

3.   French stocks fell as the U.S. market pared gains made at the opening.

4.   Markets pared losses amid expectations that a government report Friday will show all U.S. pork belly inventories are historically tight.

5.   Most European markets pared some of their earlier losses, though no shares on any of the major indexes posted gains.

6.   That pushed stock indexes down and bond yields with them, though European debt markets pared their gains late afternoon.

7.   The broad market pared earlier gains, triggered when Microsoft Corp. and other software publishers reported better-than-expected earnings.

8.   The dollar erased some of its early decline when the bond market pared its losses late in the day.

9.   U.S. stocks were mixed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled and the broader market pared gains.