1.   Merrill Lynch is bullish on J. Walter Thompson New York, an agency that has suffered a spate of bearish news in the last year.

2.   The bullish, for instance, may suppress bearish news.

3.   Other generally bearish news, while not overly troublesome, simply added to the weight on market sentiment.

4.   But the Nikkei shed much of its early gains in the afternoon as investors turned bearish following news of economic troubles in Brazil, traders said.

5.   In choppy early trading, soybean prices initially fell on bearish news of improved crop condition ratings, before rallying later in the day.

6.   In other news bearish for the dollar, the Labor Department reported June wholesale prices dropped for the first time in eight months.

7.   Pressure came from anticipation of bearish news on soybean supplies Friday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

8.   The futures began the week on a weaker note, reacting to the bearish news released by BNM, as well as a weaker ringgit.

9.   The positives on the merger plans were negated by a bearish news that construction-based Wembley Industries Bhd was placed under receivership by a commercial bank on Tuesday.

10.   Dealers shrugged off the bearish news that another producer has returned to full-capacity production.