1.   Although the Asian economic crisis may be easing, growth in Europe is slowing and much of Latin America is stagnating or slipping into recession.

2.   Also, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said Monday that quick intervention by the International Monetary Fund had contained the Asian crisis.

3.   Although many Bay Area companies have attributed poor earnings to problems in Asia, Loral is the first to link a major local layoff to the Asian crisis.

4.   Al-Waleed told Time he made his hefty investments during the Asian financial crisis last month, when droves of jittery investors were scared off by tech stocks.

5.   An affable but visibly tired man, he confided that his journey through the Asian crisis had exacted a high personal cost.

6.   Amid the Asian crisis, panicked investors have begun pulling their money from all emerging markets.

7.   An agreement was reached in Manila by finance emissaries from Asia, the United States and Canada on ways to minimize the impact of Asian crises.

8.   And bond rates could fall further, some analysts say, if the Asian financial crisis slows the American economy by more than the market now projects.

9.   Analysts pointed to American International Group Inc. in explaining why investors are less nervous about financial spillover from the Asian crisis.

10.   Analysts blame a host of factors for the slump, including an over-supply of chips and the Asian economic crisis.