41.   Crude oil prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange have fallen for seven consecutive sessions.

42.   Copper prices climbed for the third consecutive session on reports of shrinking inventories.

43.   For the second consecutive session, a rally in technology stocks Monday helped lift the stock market, which had been suffering through its worst slump in two years.

44.   For the second consecutive session, investors bought stocks despite a sharp rise in market interest rates.

45.   GERMAN shares were mixed as the U.S. dollar retreated against the deutsche mark and as U.S. stocks fell back from six consecutive sessions of record highs.

46.   Gold stocks exacerbated the declines, falling for the fifth consecutive session on lower bullion prices.

47.   If he fails, Bush would become the first Texas governor to serve during four consecutive legislative sessions.

48.   In the broader market, U.S. stocks rose for the fifth consecutive session on optimism that lower interest rates will spur steady earnings gains in coming months.

49.   In the Kansas City Value Line, stock-index futures fell for the second consecutive session.

50.   It was the fifth consecutive session that stock prices switched direction from the day before.