31.   Semiconductor and computer stocks slid on the prospect that earnings will fall short of expectations, traders said.

32.   Singapore stocks were mixed, as some property stocks rose and bank stocks slid on concern that their earnings from Malaysia will fall.

33.   Singapore stocks were mixed yesterday, as some property stocks rose and bank stocks slid on concern that their earnings from Malaysia will fall.

34.   Some analysts said the issue could be vulnerable should technology stocks slide.

35.   Stocks slid as the rates Hong Kong banks charge each other for loans headed higher for a second week.

36.   Stocks slid from their highs as auto, oil drilling and chemical shares sank.

37.   Stocks slid in tandem with bonds and the dollar rose.

38.   The company has suffered three years of steady losses, and its stock has been sliding.

39.   The suggestion by James J. Cramer, manager of Cramer Capital, comes at a time when the company stock is sliding and its sales picture somewhat shaky.

40.   There was that October plunge, but the pattern was broken, and stocks slid sideways toward year-end.