21.   Higher interest rates would make it tough for companies that borrow a lot to maintain profit growth.

22.   Indeed, the central bank may have difficulty convincing Canadians that higher rates are needed to maintain sustained growth without inflation.

23.   Investors may be expressing caution banks will not be able to maintain earnings growth at the same rate as in the past, analysts said.

24.   Investors may be expressing caution banks will not be able to maintain earnings growth at the same rate in the future, analysts said.

25.   It is winning plaudits from investors for the speed at which it has cut costs over the last year while maintaining sales growth.

26.   Larger cities such as Dallas and Houston have maintained steady growth.

27.   Matsushita said the economy is not maintaining sustainable growth, a condition the bank has said must be met before it raises interest rates from record lows.

28.   Matsushita said yesterday that the economy is not maintaining sustainable growth, a condition the bank has said must be met before it raises interest rates from record lows.

29.   Microsoft said getting more consumers and businesses to use the Internet is key to maintaining growth for the software and hardware industry.

30.   Microsoft wants to increase the number of Internet users because it believes that is the key to maintaining growth in software sales.