1.   And there is even something of a new trend to look for positive news to report.

2.   We would welcome any positive news on that front.

3.   Yet behind the positive news items were reports that showed racial violence had hardly disappeared.

4.   But there is at least some positive news.

5.   Analysts also said investors are taking another look at the U.K. biotechnology sector in light of positive news from two other companies.

6.   Analysts said the negative effect of the economic reports could only be counteracted by positive news from corporations.

7.   Analysts viewed that as positive news.

8.   And technology companies with seemingly positive news, or even no news at all, fared little better.

9.   And, as many analysts note, the rallies of the stock market and the yen have both come on very little in the way of positive economic news.

10.   Another blast of positive news will come sometime in the next two months, when public and private scientists complete a preliminary map of the human genome.