101.   U.S. stocks posted their biggest decline in at least nine weeks as declines in Microsoft Corp. drove down shares of other technology companies.

102.   Vermont and Alaska had the biggest declines, while Rhode Island, Arkansas and Puerto Rico recorded the smallest.

103.   Wholesale food prices showed the largest drop in more than six years while energy prices posted the biggest decline since June, Labor Department figures showed today.

104.   Yesterday, the benchmark index posted its second biggest decline of the year partly on concern the Bank of Japan would raise bank lending rates.

105.   Purchases of housing, furniture and clothing saw the biggest declines.

106.   And the Nasdaq composite Wednesday suffered its biggest decline in more than a month, after an earnings warning from Sun Microsystems.

107.   Consumer faith in the American economy plunged in June, suffering the biggest monthly decline in three years, a widely followed national survey reported Tuesday.

108.   European stocks closed flat to lower Wednesday, with the biggest decline coming from London, where the Bank of England surprised markets by raising interest rates.

109.   Fox had the biggest decline of the four major networks.

110.   Indonesian athletes, the hardest hit by a prolonged regional economic crisis, suffered their biggest decline.