21.   Greenberg said he is optimistic that beef concerns will continue to lessen as the year goes on.

22.   He said he is optimistic that beef concerns will continue to lessen as the year goes on.

23.   IBM noted Wednesday that lingering concern will continue to take its toll on sales in the current quarter.

24.   If those concerns continued, the Fed could be expected to raise interest rates at future meetings.

25.   Still, security concerns continue to nag the pontiff at the midway point of his Asian pilgrimage.

26.   The committee did, however, put financial markets on notice that it is poised to raise interest rates if inflation concerns in the U.S. economy continue to build.

27.   These lingering concerns may continue to dampen market sentiment if left unanswered and kept the market guessing.

28.   Analysts said the accounting concerns may continue to hit companies where it hurts -- in their stock price.

29.   Concern also continued over signs that the US was expanding its war on terror to other countries.

30.   Concerns continued about excess employees and production capacity.