21.   Then reality set in, with rising interest rates, profit taking and a flight of capital from these risky, barely regulated markets.

22.   Weak profits took a toll on some shares.

23.   However, analysts said the market will remain concerned about how long it will take before business and profits take off again.

24.   In the long run, productivity gains are good for workers, for the economy and for companies, whose profits took a hit during the slump.

25.   Profits would take years.

26.   Steinberg and other critics said profit has taken a back seat to politically potent unions, which keep salaries and benefits well beyond what the industry can afford.

27.   The analysts said foreign funds might still enter the market but profit taking by local investors would make most prices stagnant.

28.   The dollar was moving narrowly in slow trading after its slip overnight in New York on profit taking, traders said.

29.   The logic behind this is that globalization means market-driven economies in which profit takes precedence over social consequences.

30.   Traders said the dollar slipped on profit taking early in the session, but trading remained in a narrow range due to a lack of market-moving news.