31.   The new low rates, together with the good profits news, caused stock investors to go on their own buying binge, especially of technology stocks.

32.   They are still suffering from the hangover of that buying binge, which they financed essentially by borrowing.

33.   To be sure, some money managers say the buying binge may soon be over because the economy is gaining enough momentum to push inflation higher.

34.   While Bank of New York is paring off loans, Irving, Texas-based Associates First has been on a buying binge.

35.   Analysts said the buying binge that has fueled the economic expansion for four years is ending.

36.   In February, Americans went on a buying binge, even as Northeast heating oil prices surged.

37.   That sparked a buying binge on the Indonesian stock market and lifted the markets in neighboring Singapore and Malaysia as well.

38.   That fright lost its way when Japan went on a buying binge that stirred another round of foreboding predictions.

39.   That makes a lot of Americans nervous and dims prospects that investors will go on a buying binge anytime soon.

40.   The unease worldwide has led to a buying binge for U.S. Treasury bonds, a traditional haven for cash in times of unrest.