A small chip maker, Cree, and a systems integrator, Tibco Software, deepened concern about corporate earnings as companies cut back on technology purchases.
The placement comes amid deepening concerns about Calpine's plans to build 30 power plants during the next year, during a time of falling energy prices.
A newly disclosed report by the C.I.A. inspector general about the agency's relationship with the New York Police Department after Sept. 11, 2001, deepens concerns about the dangers to civil liberties posed by domestic spying.
Mr. Headley's testimony comes at a time of deepening concerns about Pakistan's links to Islamic militants, less than a month after the United States discovered Osama bin Laden hiding out in a prominent Pakistani garrison town.
The international lenders also insisted that Portugal's three-year overhaul program was not under immediate threat because of the deepening concerns about the euro debt crisis and the financial difficulties of larger European economies like Italy and Spain.
But it does raise questions about how media conglomerates that rely on the N.F.L. for ratings and revenue handle criticism of the league as it faces deepening concerns about its culture and the health of its players.
Despite deepening concerns about his health, an ailing Pope John Paul II told cardinals and bishops gathered at the Vatican on Saturday that he would remain in office for "as long as God wants".
British data showed wage increases rising at an annual rate of 5.2percentt in April, deepening concerns about inflation and quashing speculation that the Bank of England may lower interest rates.
As if deepening concerns about the euro's uncertain future were not troublesome enough for the faltering economy, the Bank believes that workers taking lengthy holidays and businesses extending closures will encourage a fall of 0.5 per cent in GDP in the second quarter of the year.
But the order on "Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States" certainly looks likely to deepen concerns about the legal robustness of the EU-US data transfer mechanism, given it's explicitly seeking to strip away privacy protections from non-U.S.
