21.   The drop followed disappointing earnings reports from IBM and Intel.

22.   The drop follows cuts Wednesday by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada.

23.   The drop followed disappointing earnings reports from IBM and Intel, and a Labor Department report showing a pickup in inflation also sent prices falling.

24.   The drop follows two consecutive gains in May and June.

25.   The rating drop follows a bailout that was approved by the state legislature earlier this month.

26.   The report said the drop in arrests follows a decline in the number of firearms available to teens.

27.   The sharp drop followed an overnight decline on Wall Street and sluggish Nikkei futures prices in Chicago, traders said.

28.   The drop followed news that the index of leading US economic indicators was unchanged in May for the second month in a row.