1.   But can the economy roll along strongly enough to boost profits while not pushing interest rates higher?

2.   Cheaper production facilities have helped boost profits.

3.   Seven hundred jobs will be lost in order to cut costs and boost profits.

4.   The banks have committed themselves to boosting profits by slashing costs.

5.   They aim to boost profits by slashing costs.

6.   STRONG circulation and a jump in advertising at the Daily and Sunday Express helped boost profits last year for United Newspapers.

7.   Also during that period, interest rates have fallen as the Fed kept inflation at bay, helping to boost corporate profits.

8.   Also, a stronger dollar is good news for Japanese exporters, boosting overseas profits when brought back to Japan.

9.   American Express executives say expanding outside the U.S., especially in credit and charge cards, is central to plans to boost profit in the years ahead.

10.   Amoco has a number of plans in place aimed at running its refineries more efficiently to boost profits and cut costs.