1.   And that last sorry figure was the price at which E-Loan sold for in a private placement two months ago after a sickening slide.

2.   By attacking foreign analysts and investors, Southeast Asian governments risk sapping confidence even further in markets that have already suffered sickening slides.

3.   For four years, Sears had been enjoying all the accolades from a turnaround that arrested its decades-long sickening slide.

4.   Given the sickening slide of many stock prices since Labor Day, more worry for investors is the last thing Wall Street needs in this autumn of its discontent.