1.   Bond prices, which move in the opposite direction of yields, skidded amid mounting speculation that Japanese investors will curb their purchases of Treasury securities.

2.   Bond prices, which move in the opposite direction of yields, skidded amid mounting speculation that Japanese investors may curb their purchases of Treasury securities.

3.   Crude oil plunged amid mounting speculation Iraq and the United Nations are set to announce an agreement on a limited oil sale to fund humanitarian aid for Iraqi citizens.

4.   Crude prices fell a second day amid mounting speculation Iraq may begin exporting oil under a United Nations plan by the end of the year, sooner than expected.

5.   Leyland refuses to comment on the mounting speculation.

6.   Other traders said there is mounting speculation that GrandMet will be the subject of a takeover bid.

7.   South African stocks, bonds and the rand fell amid mounting speculation Finance Minister Chris Liebenberg will announce his resignation today.

8.   The lack of palatable alternatives to Aristide is made clear by the names that emerge most often in the mounting speculation about his successor.

9.   The result has been a surge of demand for the bonds and mounting speculation that the bolivar will be devalued.

10.   U.S. bond prices posted their biggest drop in five months yesterday amid mounting speculation Japanese investors may curb their purchases of Treasury securities.