31.   Rising borrowing costs also hurt company earnings.

32.   Rising borrowing costs can hurt stocks, though, by slowing economic growth and make it more expensive for companies to finance their businesses.

33.   Rising borrowing costs can hurt company earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders, making fixed-income securities more attractive than equities to many investors.

34.   Rising borrowing costs eventually hurt corporate profits.

35.   Rising borrowing costs also hurt company earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders.

36.   Rising borrowing costs hurt company earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders.

37.   Shares of other insurers with managed-care operations also fell as investors worried rising medical costs will also hurt their earnings.

38.   The company says that its third-quarter loss doubled, hurt by costs linked to acquisitions and marketing, while sales more than tripled.

39.   The cost would hurt anyone who has to fill up a tractor-trailer rig, garbage truck or school bus, the oil spokesmen said.

40.   The company said manufacturing expenses stemming from reduced production schedules and other costs also hurt earnings, including increased marketing expenses for a new fuel-injected engine.