21.   Rising interest rates trim company earnings.

22.   Rockwell International said price cuts would trim its earnings.

23.   Shares fell because higher interest rates boost borrowing costs, which trim earnings and often makes stocks less profitable than fixed-income securities, analysts said.

24.   Some fund managers said Hong Kong stocks were also affected by concern that weak Asian currencies and economic growth may trim corporate earnings.

25.   SM Prime will face increasing competition in the coming years from other mall developers, which could trim its earnings.

26.   That can trim company earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders.

27.   The slow same-store sales might trim earnings for the quarter by a few pennies a share, he said.

28.   The slow same-store sales might trim earnings in the quarter by a few pennies a share, he said.