21.   Retail shares also slipped amid further signs sales are sputtering.

22.   Shares also slipped as traders and investors said share prices may have surpassed earnings prospects.

23.   Shares slipped on the news.

24.   Shares of banks slipped after reports that Japanese regional banks will follow several major commercial banks in issuing new stock to raise capital.

25.   Should Ian Lang, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, decide to block it, Northern shares will slip to five pounds, he said.

26.   Since then, though, the shares have slipped.

27.   Software and retail shares slipped, countering gains in semiconductor and computer shares.

28.   The share slipped last year, because Ford and GM shut down some production to prepare for new sport utility models.

29.   Utility shares slipped on concern a rising dollar will drive up import costs.

30.   U.S. stocks were mixed for a fourth day as Pfizer Inc. led a rally in drug stocks while computer shares slipped.