41.   German bank shares fell as government bonds pared earlier gains.

42.   German government bonds were little changed, losing earlier gains after a slide in U.S. Treasuries cast a pall over a market increasingly hopeful of interest rate cuts.

43.   German government bonds followed U.S. Treasuries higher, while waning hopes of an interest rate cut and reduced safe-haven appeal robbed German notes of earlier gains.

44.   In financial market trading after the sale, government bond prices held onto earlier gains.

45.   In LONDON, stocks fell for a third day, erasing earlier gains following a slide by U.S. stocks.

46.   In financial markets after the housing report, U.S. bonds reversed earlier gains.

47.   Interest-sensitive issues, such as banks, pared earlier gains to also weigh the market amid higher bond yields.

48.   It also hurt Treasuries, which pared their earlier gains.

49.   It then pared earlier gains with other European markets, as remarks by a Bundesbank official provoked renewed concern about the viability of the planned common European currency.

50.   Japanese bonds were little changed, erasing earlier gains, as tumbling stocks raised concern the government may embrace more economic stimulus measures.