11.   Better cost control and higher operating margins helped boost earnings, he said.

12.   But cheaper memory lowers the manufacturing cost for computers, which should lead to lower prices, higher margins or both.

13.   Cross selling advertising among clustered papers produces higher operating margins than the papers would earn on their own, the Web site continues.

14.   Dealers would then be free to court other manufacturers such as Ford Motor Co. or Adam Opel AG that might offer them higher margins than VW.

15.   Dean Witter is well prepared to handle such losses because it has higher margins and higher reserves than other credit card issuers, he said.

16.   Elf said the return to profitability resulted from a combination of higher refining margins, cost-cutting measures like the closure of petrol stations and higher trading profits.

17.   Elf said it resulted from a combination of higher refining margins, cost-cutting measures like the closure of petrol stations and higher trading profits.

18.   For example, Circuit City sells appliances as well as stereos and TVs, and appliances have higher margins and suffer less from price deflation.

19.   Halla is moving National into more specialized chips that offer higher margins.

20.   He also expects to see higher margins from the new business.