41.   This increased competition has squeezed margins.

42.   This is squeezing retail margins.

43.   Traders said stocks also were hurt by concerns that the manufacturing sector may have its margins squeezed because of calls for wage increases.

44.   A glut in the personal computer market has led semiconductor prices to plunge since the start of this year, squeezing the margins of manufacturers and weighing down exports.

45.   Sanjay Jain of James Capel said globalisation, lowering of import tarriffs and rising production costs would squeeze the margins of Indian steel producers in the next few years.