1.   American investors may be growing more nervous about their stock market investments, but they keep putting money into equity mutual funds.

2.   And American investors have grown frustrated trying to decipher the often opaque workings of what essentially remains a French company.

3.   And its stock price has lagged as investors grew impatient, making any acquisitions now very difficult.

4.   And it has to prove it has a product that will enable it to grow even as investors grow impatient with money-losing businesses.

5.   As investors digested the news, investors grew concerned that GTE may have to take on a lot of debt to pay for the acquisition.

6.   As investors grew more aggressive, fund companies expanded their offerings.

7.   As the end of the first quarter for many public companies approaches, investors are growing more optimistic about the prospect for earnings, analysts said.

8.   At such times investors grow more skittish and become less willing to pay high prices.

9.   At the same time, credit quality is slipping, as investors grow more comfortable with lending to companies with low credit ratings.

10.   AUSTRIAN bonds fell, tracking German bonds, as investors grew more concerned that an expanding U.S. economy could lead to an acceleration of inflation.