Markets Economic news sent blue-chip stocks to new levels but did not spark a broad rally.

The policy punctured what is now called the "bubble economy" of the 1980's, a speculative period that sent asset prices to astronomical levels.

We've just endured two huge bubbles, which sent the value of stocks and then homes to ridiculous levels, so the theory isn't implausible.

But California also suffers from special problems that have sent electricity prices to unusually high levels.

Investors continued yesterday to flock to the Swiss franc, sending the dollar to levels not seen since April 1988.

The Combaticons and Protectobots were sent to different levels of the game.

When momentum shifts direction, they head for the exits, often sending the stock's price to undeservedly low levels.

There is another country, aside from Japan, where the bond market has fallen sharply and sent interest rates to startingly high levels.

But the news that Waterstone's has dropped its apostrophe has now sent my blood pressure to sky-high levels.

The prices of Treasury securities leaped yesterday, sending the yields on 10-year notes and 30-year bonds down to levels not seen since 1967.