71.   The stock has been driven lower by concern that workstations from rivals using Intel Corp. chips and Microsoft Corp. software will cut into its sales and earnings.

72.   They responded to a challenge by Simon to Malthusians that the price of any natural resource would be lower by a mutually agreed-upon date, not higher.

73.   Those reports showed January inflation pulled lower by falling prices of heating oil and other energy products.

74.   To be sure, an indication that inflation is still low may push bond yields lower by increasing expectations that the Fed will soon cut bank lending rates.

75.   Top up, its roof lower by about an inch than the original Cruiser, this one looks more hot-rod-hunched than its predecessor.

76.   Treasuries were also knocked lower by traders who plan their strategy based on charts of bond movements.

77.   To be sure, some investors say that Fed inaction, in the long run, will hobble economic growth and lead long-term interest rates lower by restraining inflation.

78.   Traffic at the crossings was lower by thousands, continuing the pattern of Friday.

79.   U.K. stocks fell, pulled lower by a slump in electricity stocks after the U.K. government blocked two bids for regional electricity distributors.

80.   U.K. stocks dropped for the first time in seven trading days, pulled lower by falling Rentokil Initial Plc shares and declining U.S. stocks.