The drought-inspired run-up in soybean and grain prices generally continued but reports of rain sent prices tumbling sharply Wednesday.

But investors reacted negatively, knocking Millennium's stock down $3.88, or 13.3 percent, to close at $25.19, on a day when stocks in general tumbled sharply.

If any investors thought that the worst was over after the stock market rallied for three days, they got a jolt yesterday as stocks tumbled sharply.

The fallout from a worlwide slide in share prices continued to rattle stock markets in the United States yesterday, sending all the major indexes tumbling sharply.

According to Knight Frank, demand from businesses to occupy office space in central London tumbled sharply last year because of the economic uncertainty.

And the league's national television payments from ESPN could tumble sharply.

They tumbled sharply in after-hours trading once the trial results were announced, falling as much as $5.86, more than 50 percent, to $5.56.

It was a joke, but the farce caused the Canadian dollar to tumble sharply.

Milk prices had risen to record levels until they tumbled sharply in February, reflecting production increases.

The late summer swoon, which began earlier this month, has seen most of the major indexes tumble sharply, then recover modestly, before stumbling once again, in recent days.