31. The study links growing soda consumption to rising obesity rates. 32. U.S. government bonds, the benchmark for valuing other debt securities, were little changed as investors debated whether the Fed needs to rise rates to cool the economy. 33. While those developments bode well for companies generally, the prospect of rising rates to moderate the growth does not. 34. When U.S. interest rates rise, Mexican rates are often forced to follow to keep investors from shifting their assets out from the country. 35. But officials also say migrants contribute to rising crime rates and overcrowding. 36. Economists predict alarm over rising unemployment rates will prompt the Fed to act. 37. Even before the blackout, conservation measures were well under way on the Strip because of rising electricity rates. 38. He dismissed claims that a divisive law to ensure that crime suspects are presumed innocent had contributed to rising crime rates. 39. Hearings will be held on rising electricity rates and on the FBI, too. 40. Indonesia faces its worst economic slowdown in decades due to mass unemployment, soaring corporate bankruptcies and rising inflation rates. |