31.   Banks rose amid optimism lower interest rates will lead to increased borrowing and increased profits.

32.   Because of the limits, the Asian textile producers cannot increase their profits with higher volume.

33.   Bill Pecoriello, a stock analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein, applauded the move to increase profits in the vending-machine business.

34.   Block has continued looking for ways to increase profits from its refund loan customers.

35.   A CEO like Allen knows that his only mission is to increase profits as fast and as much as possible.

36.   A combination of rising productivity and stable wages has allowed companies to increase profits without expanding their work forces.

37.   A litany of government infrastructure programs will increase profits for the construction industry.

38.   A new drive to increase profits, people at the paper said, is focusing on possible savings throughout the paper.

39.   A rise in the value of the dollar boosts exporters by making their goods cheaper abroad and by increasing their profits when converting dollar-denominated sales.

40.   A higher dollar helps exporters by increasing the profit they make on sales abroad.