91.   Rising interest rates erode corporate profits by making it more costly to raise funds for capital investment.

92.   Rising rates would erode profits of Canadian companies that export to the U.S. by lowering demand.

93.   Rising yields erode corporate profits by raising borrowing costs.

94.   Rising deposit insurance premiums will further erode profit.

95.   Singapore stocks plunged as investors cut holdings in Asian markets on concern that the lingering currency crisis and economic slowdown in the region will erode corporate profits.

96.   Slowing demand in June could pose trouble for retailers because that could force the chains to slash prices on spring clothing, eroding their profits, analysts said.

97.   Simultaneously, prices remained static in Europe while a comparatively weaker peso eroded profits from Mexico.

98.   Singapore stocks are seen little changed -- or lower -- next week as slower economic growth and higher interest rates will likely erode corporate profit.

99.   Still, profits could be eroded by companies that can move faster than Telekom, a former state bureaucracy.

100.   Stocks initially fell after an unexpectedly strong government report on housing starts renewed concern that corporate profits may be eroded by rising interest rates.