31.   Construction bonds, which are used to build roads and bridges, generate either toll income or increased tax revenue that can be used to repay outstanding debt.

32.   Corporations use interest rate swaps to guard against changes in the value of outstanding debt and to cut borrowing costs.

33.   Corporations use interest-rate and currency swaps to ensure against changes in the value of outstanding debt and to cut their borrowing costs.

34.   Corporations use interest-rate and currency swaps to guard against changes in the value of their outstanding debt and to cut borrowing costs.

35.   Corporations use swaps to guard against changes in the value of outstanding debt and to pare borrowing costs.

36.   Corporations use swaps to guard against changes in the value of their outstanding debt and to cut their borrowing costs.

37.   Delgadillo said a new computer system is being installed to help track the outstanding debts.

38.   EAB said the purchase price includes cash and the repayment of outstanding debt held by Reading, Pennsylvania-based American Equipment.

39.   Employee Solutions currently has no outstanding debt, Aaron said.

40.   For investors, the lower demand for credit means fewer bonds to buy as well as higher bond prices and lower yields on outstanding debt.