21.   Fewer American workers applied for state unemployment benefits last week than expected in the biggest decline since mid-October, government figures showed.

22.   GERMAN shares fell as U.S. bonds posted the biggest decline in two months after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan raised concern interest rates might rise.

23.   Geographically, the biggest decline was in the Midwest, already enjoying the lowest jobless rate of any region.

24.   Gold funds managed by Padco Advisors Inc., Benham Group and United Services Advisors Inc. suffered the biggest declines.

25.   Hundreds of Indonesians lined up at banks to buy dollars as the currency suffered its biggest decline ever.

26.   Hundreds of Indonesians lined up to buy dollars and food as the currency suffered its biggest decline ever.

27.   Hong Kong stocks fell as China-backed companies stocks posted their biggest declines in a month.

28.   In early afternoon New York trading, U.S. Treasury bonds posted their biggest decline in three months.

29.   In LONDON, U.K. stocks fell, dragged lower by a slump in the U.S., with shares in telecom stocks and Tesco Plc posting the biggest declines.

30.   In New York yesterday, bonds posted the biggest decline in more than three months as a weaker dollar prompted investors to sell before the employment report.