81. Mounting concerns about Asian financial markets have chased investors away from the stock market, traders said. 82. Mounting concerns that the U.S. economy was slowing far faster than anyone expected steepened the decline, leaving crude futures trading near their lowest level in eight months. 83. On the other hand, investors are confronting mounting concern that a slowdown in the economy could adversely affect corporate earnings. 84. President Boris Yeltsin stayed away from a Moscow festival Sunday but sought to dispel mounting concerns about his health, insisting that he was fit and well. 85. Responding to the mounting concern of a rebel takeover over in Kinshasa and ensuing violence, Britain and the United States are preparing contingency evacuation plans for their citizens. 86. Responding to the mounting concern of violence in Kinshasa, Britain and the United States are telling their nationals to leave Congo. 87. Share prices have tumbled since Tuesday over mounting concern that the government was not moving decisively to spur the economy. 88. Soybean futures prices rose sharply Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade amid mounting concern about crop damage from hot, dry weather in the Midwest. 89. Soybeans retreated modestly on mounting concerns about the potential spread of foot-and-mouth disease into the United States. 90. Still, many investors said they expect the yen to continue its recent slide against the dollar amid mounting concerns about the outlook for the Japanese economy. |