11.   Still, earnings are poised to rise this year, according to Wells Chairman Paul Hazen.

12.   That suggests traders expect at least another quarter-point rate rise this year.

13.   The increase was the fifth quarter-point rise this year.

14.   The moves to recoup part of a rise this year in newsprint costs are expected to spread through the British newspaper industry.

15.   The numbers astounded researchers, marketers, epidemiologists and anti-tobacco advocates accustomed to seeing youth smoking rise each year in Florida.

16.   Unless inventories grow, prices could see another large rise this year, traders said.

17.   With gun violence again on the rise this year, the cry to bring back the buyback is growing among some Boston activists.

18.   Despite the lower pay rise this year, Ms Chan said Hong Kong employees were still luckier than other workers in the region.

19.   Drug trafficking, especially in opium, has been on the rise this year in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

20.   IG Metall, which represents workers in the auto and engineering industries, has led demands for big pay rises this year even as the German economy stagnates.