31.   Medicare is operating with surpluses, but faces a huge increase in spending as medical costs rise and millions of aging baby boomers enter the system.

32.   Moving to block massive losses as costs rise and business slips, the Postal Service is freezing hundreds of new construction and leasing projects across the country.

33.   Newspaper and magazine sales in Italy have steadily declined while production costs rise, forcing several dailies to close, a publishing group said Wednesday.

34.   Prices of other goods are linked to inflation and see a sharp price rise as production costs rise.

35.   State-employed teachers are unhappy because their incomes often lag behind professionals in the private sector as living costs rise.