31.   The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted strong gains throughout the session, providing an extra boost for bourses.

32.   The new approach to drug development could give Bayer an extra boost.

33.   Traders said government pension funds also stepped in to buy, giving shares an extra boost.

34.   Traders said the greenback was given an extra boost Friday after Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa indicated that the government would not intervene to prop up the yen.

35.   While European stocks got an extra boost from expectations that the ECB will cut interest rates soon, traders warned the rally could be short-lived.

36.   Grapefruit juice might give an extra boost to an expensive anti-rejection medication transplant patients take, thus allowing patients to save money on the medication, a study suggested.

37.   Electrical utilities were higher in general with the rises in the bond markets giving them an extra boost.

38.   The Penske motor takes advantae of a rule loophole allowing extra boost over convention Indy engine designs.

39.   Thompson said he hoped signing two top strikers would give the club an extra boost, especially after damaging consecutive defeats against Chelsea and Arsenal.

40.   Rangers boss Ray Wilkins had the extra boost of seeing his side climb off the bottom of the table above Coventry and Bolton.