31.   Concern that the rising cost of corporate debt will hobble profits still overshadowed the late-afternoon gain.

32.   Conseco allocates the remainder to corporate debt.

33.   Corporate debt has not reached dangerous levels across every industry, but overall debt has risen substantially in the last five years.

34.   Corporate debt is also very high.

35.   Corporate debt restructuring is a prerequisite to that recovery.

36.   Companies took advantage of the drop in benchmark borrowing rates to sell corporate debt in private sales.

37.   Demand for corporate debt has also been strong, narrowing spreads, or differences in yield between corporate bonds and Treasuries and further lowering borrowing costs.

38.   Dayton Hudson Corp. knows a bargain when it sees one, especially when it comes to selling corporate debt.

39.   Differences in yield, or spreads, between corporate debt and Treasuries were little changed today, said traders.

40.   Demand for higher-grade corporate debt is still robust.