31.   Those people will continue to buy bonds back today as U.S. rates fall, he said.

32.   Traders ruled out the idea the German central bank might let its securities repurchase rate fall in its market operation Wednesday, to aid the French.

33.   U.S. stocks are expected to open higher, tracking bonds, amid a deepening conviction that growth will slow enough to let the inflation rate fall.

34.   Trouble is, the duration of mortgage bond portfolios shortens as rates fall and refinancings, and prepayments, become more likely.

35.   Advertising is something of a sore subject at Yahoo!, which has seen its stock price and online ad rates fall dramatically this year.

36.   Stock investors, meanwhile, like to see rates fall, because that makes shares more attractive and cuts the cost of borrowing.

37.   The sharp drop-off in long-term interest rates continued to buoy stocks, which appear more attractive to investors as those rates fall, La Varnway said.