21.   Financial market traders were closely watching it for clues to whether the central bank is moving to raise rates.

22.   Financial market traders are increasingly betting the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates in late May or early June.

23.   Greenspan was also said to favor the Rivlin and Meyer appointments, according to administration officials and bond market traders.

24.   Gilt market traders and investors will also be watching Germany where the Bundesbank meets Thursday for its first monetary policy meeting after the Easter break.

25.   In addition to Hanley, CS First Boston lost three emerging markets bond traders to Lehman Brothers Inc. today.

26.   The big gains caught many off guard, since before markets opened traders expected only a small rise in prices.

27.   The survey, which financial market traders view as a key guide for central bank monetary policy, was released today.

28.   A former mineworker, market trader and mail-order salesman, Iredale initially ran a cafe on the pier.

29.   At least three people were killed in a bloody clash that erupted as market traders tried to resist their eviction from a Lagos neighborhood, newspapers reported Thursday.

30.   Currency market traders stressed that the government must act quickly to replace Costa Pinto in order to keep the market orderly.