1.   In general, bonds will likely do better next year, economists and investors say, because of prospects for moderate economic growth and subdued inflation.

2.   MLS had considered increasing its foreign player limit to five per team but will not likely do so until next year.

3.   People who like to watch lava lamps for extended periods of time likely do so because those groovy black-light posters have simply lost their magic.

4.   The thinking is that people who default on their taxes in one year are likely do so the next.

5.   Concern over the future of most Asian economies continues to weigh down regional stocks and will likely do so for the foreseeable future, they said.

6.   If Britain joins the euro, it is likely do so only at an exchange rate more favorable for the pound.