71.   Rising labor costs remains a concern, analysts say.

72.   Rising manufacturing costs and increasing regional competition also will act as brakes, she said.

73.   Rising production costs would be offset by a falling exchange rate, leaving the net cost of imports to American buyers largely unchanged.

74.   Republicans squabbled among themselves, with some disagreeing over the extent of legal protections that should be afforded to patients and whether the proposals would fuel rising health costs.

75.   Rising grain costs could eat into the bottom line at such agriculture-dependent companies as Tyson Foods Inc. and Archer Daniels Midland Co.

76.   Rising labor costs continue to be a point of concern for Greenspan and other Fed officials because labor costs constitute about two thirds of consumer prices.

77.   --Rising pharmaceutical costs.

78.   Rising energy costs have replaced wage pressures as a new inflation threat, the Fed said in the report.

79.   Rising fuel costs led to a decline in third-quarter earnings at Southwest Airlines, but the airline still beat expectations.

80.   SBC, the parent company of Southwestern Bell, said it is raising rates to cover its rising costs in the wake of declining pay phone usage.