31.   Reined-in labor costs help manufacturers keep their prices at levels customers are willing to pay.

32.   Steady borrowing costs help stimulate economic growth and boost company earnings along with the size of dividends paid shareholders.

33.   Steady borrowing costs help sustain company earnings and can make stocks more attractive relative to fixed-income securities.

34.   Steady borrowing costs help sustain company earnings and make stock returns and dividends relatively more attractive than returns on fixed income investments.

35.   Steady borrowing costs can help company earnings rise along with the size of dividends paid shareholders, making equities more attractive than bonds to many investors.

36.   The efficiency of its new China plant and lower labor costs are helping offset declining profits.

37.   The lower labor costs will help the rail company make investments while keeping average rate increases below the rate of inflation, he said.

38.   The rise in oil and paper costs have not helped, either.

39.   Those lower costs should help the company when the next downturn comes along.

40.   USAir has the highest costs per available seat in the industry, which its labor costs help to inflate.