1. Word that Goldman had settled began leaking about a half hour before stock markets closed and appeared to please investors.
2. There was no immediate word on the cause of the crash, which occurred about a half hour after polls closed in Iraq's elections.
3. Banana prices have fallen by half in Beijing after word of a plant virus got around.
4. Word that Goldman had settled began leaking about a half hour before the market closed on Thursday and appeared to please investors.
5. If half of US firms default on their debt, we might need to find a word that is worse than " depression ".