11. Canadian stocks advanced as Royal Bank of Canada and other financial issues rose on expectations of record profit growth. 12. Computer, telephone, semiconductor and banks advanced as oil, retail and drug issues lagged. 13. Computer, semiconductor and electrical equipment advanced as oil, drug and automobile issues lagged. 14. Computer-related and technology stocks advanced as investors snapped up shares amid expectations of higher profits. 15. DOW INDUSTRIALS UP FOR WEEK Stock prices advanced as investors concluded that the economy was expanding moderately. 16. French stocks advanced as investors focused on oil, banks and auto stocks such as Elf Aquitaine SA, Banque Nationale de Paris SA and PSA Peugeot Citroen. 17. German government bonds advanced as U.S. bonds recovered from a two-day slide and an increase in jobless confirmed expectations for a weak economic recovery in Germany. 18. GREEK stocks advanced as a series of interest-rate increases this month left stocks at bargain prices, traders and analysts said. 19. Had her pregnancy advanced just as unacknowledged and undetected as the pregnancy of the comatose woman in the nursing home? 20. He says he is advanced as a pass blocker because the Boilermakers were a throwing team, with Brees putting up some of the best numbers in NCAA history. |