322 percent up 1 basis point from late U

He lives for the moment to silence an arena, and there are numerous examples of fans left broken and disheartened.. economic indicators eyed for incentive By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO, Jan 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries dipped in Asia onTuesday, with the benchmark 10-year notes giving back some oftheir gains from the previous day's flight to quality-fuelledsurge. But bonds remained well underpinned as regional stocksretreated, with Tokyo's Nikkei share average .N225 declining4.3 percent.

.T Interest in safe-haven debt increased again this week asglobal stock markets were being dragged lower by nervousnesssurrounding financial firms. Investor appetite for risk also remained low followingFriday's jobs data showing more than a half million jobs lost inDecember alone and the unemployment rate climbing to a near16-year high. ID:nN09282664 Market watchers said the pace of Treasuries' recent surgemade the bonds vulnerable to occasional dips, but they said anyprice declines could be easily pared by economic data due laterthis week. "The market could gain a renewed boost from price-relateddata if the numbers point towards deflation," said YasutoshiNagai, chief economist at Daiwa Securities SMBC A slew of U.S. "Treasury yields are still expected to be confined to arelatively narrow range since supply concerns are likely to put afloor under yields," Nagai added. The Treasury market absorbed $166 billion of government paperlast week, the third-largest weekly issuance ever, as thegovernment has turned to debt to fund an array of steps to helpbattle the recession. Fresh supply will be limited to short-term bill issuancesthis week but the market will face two- and five-year noteauctions at the end of the month.

The benchmark 10-year note US10YTRR declined 3/32 in priceto yield 2.322 percent, up 1 basis point from late U.S trade theprevious day. The two-year note US2YTRR stood unchanged to yield 0.755percent March T-note futures TYv1 declined 7/32 to 126-3.5/32 (Editing by Chris Gallagher) Bonds. HONG KONG, Jan 13 (Reuters) - China's top copper producerJiangxi Copper Co Ltd (0358.HK)(600362.SS) has settled treatmentand refining charges with Freeport McMoran (FCX.N) at $75 a tonneand 7.5 cents a pound to process concentrates from the globalminer in 2009, up nearly 60 percent from the previous year, asenior executive said on Tuesday. Jiangxi Copper will receive 30,000 tonnes of copperconcentrate in 2009 from Freeport under the term contract. (Reporting by Polly Yam, Editing by Jacqueline Wong ) Stocks. What better way to kick off the NBA season than with the always contentious All-Time List.This is a list of the top five NBA centers of ALL-TIME.That means you won't find youngsters like Dwight Howard here (although give him a few more years, and who knows).Also see my list of the the All-Time Greatest Power Forwards, and soon to come: Small Forwards, Shooting Guards, and Point Guards.It's sure to bring debate, so let me hear from you!.