41.   German government bonds pared their losses in afternoon trading, tracking a partial recovery by U.S. Treasuries.

42.   Government bonds pared losses after the statistics were released.

43.   Immediately following the announcement of the settlement, bonds pared their initial gains amid concern that the impact on tobacco companies could be greater than anticipated, though.

44.   In late morning trading, however, bonds pared early gains after a fall in the dollar raised concern that overseas investors might cut their stakes in Treasury securities.

45.   It began to claw back ground as U.S. bonds pared losses.

46.   ITALIAN bonds pared earlier losses as investors switched back into fixed-income assets amid concern over failure of Asian-based investment companies.

47.   Japanese bonds pared gains after Bank of Japan Gov. Yasuo Matsushita hinted the central bank may take early steps to raise interest rates.

48.   Japanese bonds pared gains to trade little changed as stocks recovered from early losses, allaying concern over the economic outlook.

49.   Japanese bonds pared gains to trade little changed after Tokyo stocks recovered from a sinking yen.

50.   Japanese government bonds pared gains to trade little changed amid concern U.S. interest rates may be headed higher.