51.   Auto stocks gained as investors bet car companies will report year-over-year sales increase for August.

52.   Benefit increases for current retirees would be slowed.

53.   Bonuses are cheaper than wage increases for the automakers because they do not permanently raise their labor costs.

54.   Bonuses are cheaper than wage increases for the auto makers because they do not permanently raise their labor costs.

55.   Both DWP and MWD officials said they have so far been able to handle the added costs and that they foresee no rate increases for customers.

56.   BRAZILIAN stocks surged to record highs, led by telecommunications companies, after the government announced an increase for local calling rates.

57.   BRAZILIAN stocks rose on expectations of rate increases for state-controlled electrical utilities and telephone companies.

58.   -- Establish three-year, rather than five-year, vesting and automatic cost-of-living increases for pensions.

59.   A change would reduce annual cost of living increases for social security and other benefits, at a savings that would amount to billions for the federal government.

60.   A lower rate of inflation would mean lower cost-of-living increases for beneficiaries, including veterans and the elderly.