31.   Traders said stocks in the steel and shipbuilding industries --cyclical groups that tend to do well as the economy strengthens --were popular.

32.   U.S. bonds have had their best week since August, rallying after a government report on producer prices cooled concern inflation will accelerate as the economy strengthens.

33.   U.S. bonds held steady as a lull in sales of new securities by the Treasury helped offset concern that the economy is strengthening enough to accelerate inflation.

34.   U.S. bonds rose amid optimism the economy is strengthening without accelerating inflation.

35.   Yields on the securities may climb before the sale as investors seek greater compensation for the risk that the economy may be strengthening.

36.   Also Wednesday, Wall Street got another indication that the economy is strengthening.

37.   Analysts have said Wall Street will continue to struggle until investors are assured that business in the United States is improving and that the U.S. economy is strengthening.

38.   Analysts say the market will continue to struggle for gains until investors are assured that business is improving and that the economy is strengthening.

39.   As the economy strengthens, economists think jobs will be added in retail, services and government, areas that already showed growth in February.

40.   Economies strengthen in most of EU, Britain faces slowdown, IMF says.