1.   CSR Ltd. bucked the trend after Managing Director Geoff Kells resigned, saying he no longer had unqualified support from the board.

2.   Recent rises in Japanese government bond yields sparked concern that yields have begun an upward trend after having reached record lows.

3.   Recent comments by a former government official sparked concern that yields will start an upward trend after having reached record lows.

4.   Recent rises in Japanese government bond yields sparked concern that yields will start an upward trend after having reached record lows.

5.   That would continue the current trend after Clyde Drexler was hired as the UH basketball coach.

6.   Wheat futures continued their upward trend after the Agriculture Department said Monday that many of the crops cannot be saved.

7.   Barak was counting on the undecided to reverse the trend after midnight Thursday, when parties can no longer replace their candidates.

8.   Dealers said properties and financial stocks outperformed as interbank rates continued their downward trend after the Indonesian government announced plans to introduce a currency board system.

9.   In Hong Kong, share prices closed sharply higher, resuming their upward trend after one day of profit-taking.

10.   Share prices in Hong Kong closed solidly higher Thursday, resuming their upward trend after one day of profit-taking.