1.  Defensive stocks, which do well regardless of the economy, also gained.

2.  Denmark's economy is also likely to hit by the slower growth in Germany and elsewhere in Europe.

3.  DENVER _ To anybody who lived here only 10 years ago, the Mile High City's economy has changed course faster than a bucking bronco at a rodeo.

4.  Deficit spending, on a scale no nation at peace has ever tried before, has kept the economy afloat.

5.  DEFICIT-RATES (Undated) _ Do budget deficits matter to the economy?

6.  Deflation is a rare condition in our economy and occurs typically only in a prolonged period of stagnation.

7.  Deflation is disastrous for an economy, as Japan is discovering, because as the prices of goods fall, consumer spending grinds to a halt.

8.  Cuba is doing quite well in its economy so far this year and the flow of foreign investment into the country has not stopped.

9.  Cuba Policy Foundation President Sally Grooms Cowal called the embargo a failure because it has not caused democratic changes there but has hurt the U.S. economy.

10.  CUBA-BUSINESS (Washington) -- President Bill Clinton can inflict some pain on the Cuban economy by imposing new sanctions, analysts say.