1.   Copper prices fell as rising stockpiles and increased mine output in Chile threaten to overload the market with unneeded metal.

2.   Copper prices fell for a second day amid suspicion there may a previously unknown cache of copper held in Rotterdam warehouses.

3.   HEATING OIL PRICES FALL Heating oil prices fell when traders expressed less worry about low inventories.

4.   Hog prices fell for a second day amid speculation there will be more hogs available to slaughter in the coming weeks.

5.   Platinum prices fell amid speculation that Russian exports to Japan, expected last Saturday, will arrive in the next week, ending a seven-month halt.

6.   STOCKS FALL IN TECHNOLOGY SLUMP Stock prices fell, pulled down by selling in the technology sector.

7.   Stock prices fell or were little changed in Prague and Budapest.

8.   The share price fell to earth again, but had two more spikes earlier this month when the company announced its Microsoft and Playboy agreements.

9.   Japanese share prices fell.

10.   KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. - Vegetable prices fell slightly at the wet markets on the New Straits Times wise spending index today, compared to three days ago.