21.   U.S. Treasury bond yields dropped after the confidence report.

22.   Traders said, though, that bonds were reacting to the German Ifo business confidence report.

23.   U.S. Treasury bonds fell -- and interest rates moved higher -- after the consumer confidence report was released.

24.   U.S. Treasury bond yields dropped today amid expectations that the consumer confidence report will provide further evidence the economy is slowing enough to keep inflation from accelerating.

25.   U.S. Treasury bonds fell -- and interest rates higher -- after the consumer confidence report was released.

26.   U.S. Treasury bonds fell -- and interest rates higher --after the consumer confidence report was released.

27.   A better-than-expected consumer confidence report sent stocks slightly higher Tuesday, reflecting some optimism among investors that the economy may be stronger than thought.

28.   A weaker-than-expected consumer confidence report gave Wall Street another reason to sell Tuesday, intensifying a pullback that began with investors cashing in recent profits.

29.   Analysts said the consumer confidence report was not a major influence on trading.

30.   Bush did not mention either the consumer confidence report or the market rally in his Michigan speech.