11.   Depressed metal prices could offset heightened production, however.

12.   Depressed prices for stocks and real estate keep eating away at the frail balance sheets of Japanese banks.

13.   Dunn said there had also been activity from institutional investors in the buying of insured triple-A debt at the depressed prices.

14.   Excess supplies from the North Sea and West Africa, built up over the past two weeks, depressed prices sufficiently to absorb transatlantic shipping costs for U.S. refiners.

15.   For B.A.T, a settlement could help restore its depressed stock price.

16.   For many of the players on this list, the estimated value of their options seems ironic because of depressed stock prices, which make these options almost valueless.

17.   Going private appeals to these managers because their depressed stock prices make strategic acquisitions using their own shares prohibitively expensive.

18.   Given its depressed stock price, Apple would not carry a high price tag.

19.   In the bond market, the inflationary fears generated by the employment report depressed prices and sent yields on shorter maturities higher.

20.   Individual investors might see the depressed stock prices of the companies that sell services and products supporting the free Linux operating system as a buying opportunity.