31.   Economic worries have depressed the market this year.

32.   Economists at Fannie Mae say a general slowdown in the U.S. economy and a slight rise in borrowing costs will keep a lid on the housing market this year.

33.   Erbitux was expected to be one of the biggest drugs to reach the market this year.

34.   European stock markets are in a position to catch up to the American markets this year or next, Isaacson believes.

35.   Emerging market borrowers have been active users of the yen market this year.

36.   Expectations of lower inflation aided a rally in the bond market this year.

37.   For that reason, performance has been far behind the market this year, but the managers, who keep turnover low, are not budging.

38.   France Telecom and Deutsche Telecom entered the Internet-access market this year with their own services.

39.   Foreign investors have largely stayed away from the Italian market this year after being disappointed by the disintegration of the Berlusconi government.

40.   Gross has been bullish on the bond market all year, but that hurt in the first quarter, when bond prices were down.