1.   Analysts said the drop did not indicate that carmakers were in trouble.

2.   Bond traders said the modest drop indicated that debt holders believed Apple had a future, with or without the Sun deal.

3.   Cooper said that while the stock drop indicates that the market feels the decision was a surprise, he disagreed.

4.   Excessive needle drop indicates an old or dried-out tree.

5.   Lower rates may help revive housing and stabilize the economy, but some worry that the sharp drop indicates the economy is in worse shape than previously believed.

6.   The temperature drop indicated that the system was acquiring traits of its mid-latitude cousins.

7.   Currency dealers said that the drop in rates indicated speculators had indeed been beaten back, but that it did not mean that the baht was no longer vulnerable.

8.   The drop indicated that jitters are spreading to the normally solid mining sector, which is a key hard currency earner.