1.   Although many companies have already braced investors about coming earnings reports, traders remain nervous about the numbers that will be announced in the next few weeks.

2.   And now come reports from Australia that hundreds of Sydney Olympic officials and their families have jumped in line for the torch relay.

3.   But analysts and traders said that optimism about coming earnings reports outweighed concerns about interest rates.

4.   But now comes a report that two-thirds of traffic deaths and one-third of traffic injuries are linked to over-aggressive drivers.

5.   On Monday, optimism about coming earnings reports helped to lift stocks in sectors like technology and financial services.

6.   Then come reports of bioterrorism.

7.   Wednesday, for instance, came reports from Hamburg of a neo-Nazi youth stabbing a Turkish man.

8.   From the southern border area came reports meanwhile that the Zairean Tutsis had gained partial control of the town of Bukavu.

9.   From the southern border area came reports that the Zairean Tutsis had gained partial control of Bukavu.