21.   The news alarmed investors and pulled other industrial stocks lower.

22.   Investors are alarmed by the deterioration of the labor scene in France, where large-scale strikes are continuing in the civil service.

23.   A deep, drawn out conflict would also alarm foreign investors, undermining the franc and preventing the Bank of France from redcing interest rates.

24.   These interventions, as well as limiting heating gas prices and renationalising a struggling commercial bank, have alarmed foreign investors, who fear the return of state intervention.

25.   The bankruptcy judgement by the Central Jakarta Commercial Court is the latest in a series of legal rulings to alarm foreign investors.

26.   The bankruptcy judgement is the latest in a series to alarm foreign investors.