1.   To ramp up a share price during a takeover bid is unacceptable.

2.   Figures from the Halifax show growth of half a per cent in house prices during September, the first rise for three months.

3.   Apple Computer Inc., Packard Bell Electronics Inc. and H-P slashed prices during the past two months to move inventory left over from the fourth quarter.

4.   Apple Computer Inc., Packard Bell Electronics Inc. and Hewlett-Packard slashed prices during the past two months to move inventory left over from the fourth quarter.

5.   AST Chairman Safi Qureshey said he is confident that AST will perform strongly no matter what happens to computer prices during the coming months.

6.   Barbados also is offering a Super Saver program with special prices during the festival.

7.   Bonds rallied Wednesday, restoring some losses in their prices during the first half of the year.

8.   A futures contract is a commitment to buy or sell a specified quantity of a commodity at a specified price during a particular delivery month.

9.   A drop in gold prices during the second quarter from the first will hurt producers.

10.   A surge in prices during April to their highest level since the Civil War has prompted farmers to increase their production this year.