1.  A bit of offsetting good news was that no new anthrax cases have been reported since Friday.

2.  That news was offset by concern about its earnings prospects and an overall decline today in software and personal computer-related stocks, analysts said.

3.  That news was offset by concern about its prospects and an overall decline today in software and personal computer-related stocks, analysts said.

4.  That news was offset after industrial-production figures showed unexpectedly strong growth, dashing hopes for another cut in interest rates.

5.  The forecast offset news of a dockworkers strike today at the Brazilian port of Paranagua over wage issues.

6.  This news is offset by darker findings on Fiji.

7.  But that news was offset by an uptick in wages, Hyman said.