1.   As optimism wanes, value investors eventually scoop up bargains.

2.   But his optimism has waned as he has remained jobless despite completing secondary school.

3.   European stocks and bonds fell as optimism waned that the Bundesbank will cut interest rates anytime soon.

4.   Lately, though, his optimism has waned.

5.   Optimism is waning, however, Cochran said.

6.   Separately, shares in forestry companies continued a two-week decline as optimism waned that wood pulp prices would rally in the next few months.

7.   Shares in the federal electricity holding company Centrais Eletricas do Brasil SA continued their decline as optimism waned that a rate increase would result in higher profits.

8.   Surveys in the region show that optimism is waning among consumers and business executives.

9.   U.S. stocks fell for a fourth day as optimism waned that the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates again soon.

10.   But the optimism gradually waned as the drought did not end.