1.   And after rocketing higher for eight straight sessions, the market apparently still needed a breather.

2.   Argentine stocks rose for a tenth straight session, the longest rally since last October, led by steel companies.

3.   As it was, the market fell for the fourth straight session.

4.   ATLANTA - Corporate accounting, disappointing profits and concern about terrorism forced stock market investors to retreat for the third straight session on Wednesday.

5.   ATLANTA - Fresh evidence of consumer strength and upbeat earnings reports inspired a buying rally on Wall Street on Tuesday, the second straight session of strong stock gains.

6.   BELGIAN stocks rose for the second straight session as higher bonds and a stronger dollar lifted financial stocks and exporters.

7.   BLUE CHIPS ADVANCE SMARTLY Stocks, especially blue chips, advanced strongly for the second straight session, as interest rates fell on signs of a softness in manufacturing.

8.   Blue chip issues rose for the fourth straight session, powered by a big jump in J.P. Morgan shares.

9.   Brady bonds fell for the fourth straight session amid concerns that Argentina may have trouble pushing through an austerity program designed to cut its deficit.

10.   Brazilian stocks rose for the eighth straight session on prospects that phone companies and petrochemical companies will post higher earnings.