31.   Other vehicle makers to report sales gains this year include Chinese Automobile Co.

32.   Outside the EU, they have made gains this year in eastern Europe, with Cabinet ministers in Poland and Slovakia.

33.   Retail stocks lead the Dow industrials in percentage gains this year.

34.   Reports of lower demand for cellular phones and seasonal selling by institutional investors pushed down technology stocks, many of which have posted big gains this year.

35.   Shares in steel companies also declined as investors sold shares that have made the strongest gains this year.

36.   St. Paul executives forecast at least a modest gain this year.

37.   Steel companies fell on concern that upcoming earnings reports will not justify huge gains this year.

38.   Steady job and income gains this year have provided consumers with both the money and confidence to make purchases, say analysts.

39.   TAIWAN stocks rose as optimism that Taiwan electronics manufacturers will post big profit gains this year offset lingering concern about the health of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping.

40.   That was the case for some stocks with the biggest gains this year.