1.   The rules covering inquests on deaths abroad were changed following the death of Helen Smith, the British nurse who died in Saudi Arabia after falling from a balcony.

2.   Birches are among the first to change followed by mountain ash, serviceberry, mountain maples, sugar maples, red maples, beeches and northern red oaks.

3.   Bonds were little changed following the report.

4.   Bonds were little changed following the latest reports.

5.   Bond yields were little changed following the reports.

6.   Bonds and the Australian dollar were little changed following the report.

7.   Bonds and the currency were little changed following the report.

8.   Daimler-Benz and BMW shares fell, while Volkswagen shares rose and Porsche shares were little changed following the release of the sales figures in the United States.

9.   Financial markets were little changed following the reports.

10.   French financial markets were little changed following the release of the housing report and a separate report that confirmed previously released consumer price figures for October.