1.   All those factors are linked to rising crime rates.

2.   This is due inpart to rising divorce rates, but also because remarriage rates among divorced women have fallen in recent years.

3.   Are rising rates taking a toll?

4.   Banks, among the companies most sensitive to rising rates, fell.

5.   Bank and financial issues fell amid rising bond rates as investors expressed concern that strong U.S. economic expansion may lead to higher interest rates.

6.   Bond investors say they now expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates soon to revive the economy and they see little risk of rising inflation rates.

7.   Both ICB and Frontline are expanding to boost efficiency and take advantage of rising tanker rates.

8.   A rise in the Tokyo Interbank Offer Rate, or Tibor, also contributed to rising swap rates.

9.   Certainly the city, which has suffered from rising vacancy rates, needs the economic boost.

10.   Clinton also wanted stronger protections for consumers against rising cable TV rates.