11.   As investors fled emerging markets, it was becoming more difficult for Russia to finance its chronic budget deficits by selling treasury securities.

12.   As investors fled from stock funds in August, they sought out the relative safety of bond funds and other more conservative investments.

13.   As investors flee the junk-bond market, borrowing costs are up sharply for low-rated companies that can still borrow money.

14.   As worried investors flee stocks for the safety of U.S. government bonds, that is driving down the interest rates on bonds.

15.   Austrian bonds rose, as investors fled equities in the wake of the collapse of Hong Kong investment bank Peregrine Investment Holdings Ltd., traders said.

16.   BankBoston is among the first U.S. banks to announce plans to move into Asia even as investors flee amid tumbling stock and currency markets.

17.   Bonds also gained since Monday as investors fled the slumping stock market and put money in Treasuries.

18.   Bonds rose as investors fled equities.

19.   Bonds were sold briefly at the open as a stronger dollar sparked concern investors will flee yen-denominated assets.

20.   After Russia defaulted on its debt payments in August, world bond markets froze and investors fled any instrument that carried risk.