51.   Massachusetts stocks fell, led by Genzyme Corp. after investors were disappointed by results of a clinical trial of a product for reducing adhesions after surgery.

52.   Mexico has also disappointed investors with its inability to maintain a steady value for the peso.

53.   MetLife and Northwest Airlines dropped after they said profits will disappoint investors.

54.   Most Swedish companies reporting recently have disappointed investors.

55.   New York metropolitan area stocks fell, led by International Business Machines Corp., as concern spread that earnings from computer, software and semiconductor companies will disappoint investors.

56.   Nonetheless, it is at least possible that the attacks are giving cover to media companies that would have disappointed investors anyway.

57.   Not all companies were expected to garner better earnings, and those who disappointed investors saw their shares sink.

58.   Nonetheless, analysts say the specifics of the deal disappointed investors.

59.   On Friday, Japanese officials disappointed investors by saying that the government did not plan to buy any more Japanese government bonds.

60.   Often, a manager who disappointed investors at a big fund company is given a second chance at a smaller or more specialized firm.