1.   Analysts say the stingy sales growth reflects a move to sell more generic drugs, which are cheaper than branded pharmaceuticals but carry higher margins.

2.   And the sales the company is getting are increasingly of its stripped-down appliances, which carry lower margins.

3.   And the sales the company is getting are increasingly for the more basic models, which carry lower margins.

4.   In the U.S. food division, a strong performance of its ice-cream business -- which carries high margins -- offset slower sales to supermarkets.

5.   In the U.S. food division, the ice-cream business -- which carries high margins -- put in the strongest performance.

6.   It said new and redesigned appliances, which carry higher margins, are expected to account for almost all of its European sales this year.

7.   That arrangement should mean more profit for both diamond suppliers and jewelry retailers, Gassman said, because branded products usually carry higher margins.

8.   The margin will rise in coming quarters because Intel is selling fewer motherboards, which carry lower margins that single processors.

9.   The survey, conducted Sunday through Monday, carries a margin of error of five percentage points.

10.   The survey by the Center for Public Policy at the University of Houston carries a margin of error of four percentage points.