1.   But as the price plunged, the government saw its sources of funding evaporating.

2.   Oil prices have plunged to a new low.

3.   Although the bond market was bracing for a strong employment number Friday, it had not prepared for so large a number, and prices plunged.

4.   And he said the decline that has taken place was largely because of the factors that have caused California electricity prices to plunge unexpectedly since late last month.

5.   And, as world oil prices have plunged to their lowest levels in a quarter-century, a crisis of confidence has descended on much of the region.

6.   Apple has tried to regain market share in the hotly competitive PC business, but the it has seen its profit margins dwindle as PC prices have plunged.

7.   As redemptions have mounted this year -- along with losses for investors as bond prices have plunged -- the managers have not sold enough bonds to keep up.

8.   Asian economies are prone to overproduction in industries like automobiles or semiconductors, which causes prices to plunge.

9.   As U.S. stock and bond prices plunged today, brokers and investment advisers fielded thousands of phone calls from investors spooked by the turmoil.

10.   ASKIN SETTLES WITH SEC David Askin, whose investment fund collapsed after bond prices plunged last year, settled SEC charges that he had misled investors.