71.   Asian markets have been hypersensitive in recent weeks to negative news about technology companies.

72.   But the tech and telecom sectors struggled amid negative news on Ciena and WorldCom.

73.   But there was negative news on another evacuation effort.

74.   Cilette Liboro, research director for Citisecurities Inc., said a flurry of negative corporate news last week further spoiled sentiment for Manila shares.

75.   European markets closed lower Thursday as technology, media and telecommunications stocks were hit hard by negative financial news in the United States.

76.   European stock markets closed lower Thursday as jitters over anthrax and the state of the U.S. economy compounded negative news in the technology and oil sectors.

77.   European stock markets closed up Thursday, as the markets shrugged off further negative economic news from the United States and tried to look ahead to economic recovery prospects.

78.   Frowick sought to downplay a recent barrage of negative news about the process of integration in Yugoslavia.

79.   Grain and soybean prices retreated Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade on a mixture of sluggish exports and other negative news.

80.   He explained that the stock market has discounted most of the negative news.