11.   Higher interest rates trim company earnings and hurt dividend payments to shareholders, making equities more attractive than money-market securities to many investors.

12.   Higher interest rates trim company earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders, making money market securities more attractive to many investors.

13.   Higher interest rates will make credit more expensive and allow fewer customers to repay their overdue loans, which will trim earnings at banks.

14.   Higher rates trim corporate earnings and make stock investment less attractive than bonds.

15.   Higher interest rates slow economic growth, trim company earnings and reduce the size of dividends paid shareholders, making money market securities more attractive to many investors.

16.   Higher rates trim corporate earnings and make stock investments less attractive than bonds.

17.   It also trims company earnings by making it more expensive for Mexican companies to pay for both imported raw materials and dollar-denominated loans.

18.   It also trims earnings by making it more expensive for Mexican companies to pay for both imported raw materials and dollar-denominated loans.

19.   PHILIPPINE stocks were mixed amid concern high interest rates could raise borrowing costs for companies and trim earnings in the second half.

20.   Rarely did they see their earnings get trimmed.