31.   Argentine stocks rose as investors anticipated that robust economic growth would boost company profits.

32.   As a result, unit-labor costs fell in the quarter, and such productivity growth, if it lasted, would help boost profits.

33.   As HMOs have squeezed prescription drug prices, drugstores have relied on impulse buys to boost profits.

34.   At McKinsey, Muehlemann specialized in advising banks how to boost profit.

35.   At the same time, falling yields reduce corporate borrowing costs, which eventually boost profits.

36.   At the same time falling bond yields mean lower borrowing costs, which boosts future profits.

37.   Auto finance companies actually seek to make riskier loans to boost profits, experts say.

38.   Autoliv said profits were also boosted by increased efficiency and earnings from companies in which it holds stakes.

39.   Banks are embracing advances in technology to boost profits.

40.   BankAmerica Corp. wants to expand its corporate finance business in the emerging markets of central and eastern Europe as it tries to boost profit from a lackluster European business.