21.   Lower grain costs also helped earnings.

22.   Lower borrowing costs can help company profits rise.

23.   Lower borrowing costs help boost company earnings and the size of dividends paid to stockholders.

24.   Lower borrowing costs help boost earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders, making equities more attractive than money-market securities to many investors.

25.   Lower debt service costs helped lead to the higher projected surplus.

26.   Lower borrowing costs help boost company earnings and the size of dividends paid stockholders.

27.   Lower borrowing costs help company earnings and can boost shareholder dividends.

28.   Lower borrowing costs help company earnings and the size of dividend payments to shareholders rise.

29.   Normally, lower borrowing costs help boost company earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders, making equities more attractive than money market securities to many investors.

30.   Reduced labor costs have helped, too.