51.   Improved technology, skillful marketing and anxious parents are behind the recent rise of software intended for preschool children.

52.   In a separate development, the head of MITI warned Japanese automakers over a recent rise in exports to the U.S.

53.   In an effort to stem the recent rise in longer-term interest rates, the Fed noted that inflation is likely to edge even lower.

54.   In CHICAGO, hog futures gained after a lower animal slaughter suggested that a recent rise in hog supplies has subsided.

55.   In CHICAGO, corn futures slipped after farmers sold part of the fall harvest, locking in prices after a recent rise.

56.   Investors, in particular, are concerned that the recent rise in commodity prices could spill over into higher consumer prices, Boaz said.

57.   It is not far from its average position in recent years so even after this recent rise there is still some leeway for it to move further.

58.   Liberal Democrats view Armey as intolerably extreme, his sharp tongue blunted only by his recent rise to majority leader.

59.   Ligthart said the government decided to sell the shares because it wanted to benefit from the recent rise in DSM shares.

60.   Meanwhile, mortgage bonds tracked U.S. Treasury bonds amid optimism that the recent rise in interest rates last month will keep prepayments from accelerating.