101.   The lower close came despite a bullish corn and soybean production report.

102.   The move comes despite a recent fall in the value of the yen, and an uptick in the stock market.

103.   The latest record in the Nasdaq composite index came despite a decline in red-hot Internet stocks.

104.   The move comes despite a recent fall in the value of the yen and an uptick in the stock market.

105.   The pact announced Wednesday comes despite that the two companies are archrivals in the market for large disk drive systems.

106.   The ranking came despite figures showing that the number of reported serious crimes in both cities had declined.

107.   The rush to business schools comes despite an application procedure that weeds out impulsive and temporarily dissatisfied professionals.

108.   The rush to the Internet as a platform for multiplayer games is coming despite the relatively disappointing results from early contestants in the field.

109.   The sale was the largest international convertible bond offering on record, and in comes despite a crisis in much of Japanese banking.

110.   The profit reflected substantial expense cuts and came despite a decline in revenue.