21.   Bond yields dropped after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan yesterday said inflation had become so low that some observers have begun to question whether deflation is now a possibility.

22.   Brazilian stocks dropped after U.S. interest rates surged, making investments in emerging markets such as Brazil less attractive.

23.   A batch of companies dropped after reporting possibly weaker-than-expected earnings for the current quarter.

24.   A batch of companies could see their shares drop after reporting weaker-than-expected earnings for the current quarter.

25.   A federal judge ordered that she be accepted, but two weeks ago Faulkner dropped out after six days, citing stress.

26.   A white rhino died while anesthetized for a routine examination, and a rarer black rhino dropped dead after wood that it had eaten lodged in its bowels.

27.   Also, on Monday, rates at the treasury bill auctions are expected to drop after the central bank lowered the rates for some of its RRPs, yesterday.

28.   Brazil stocks fell, led by telecommunications shares, which dropped after the government excluded regional telephone companies from a proposed program to sell state assets.

29.   British retailers also dropped after several clothing companies warned about profits.

30.   But it was dropped after the generic-drug industry and some consumer groups cried foul.