1.   As a result, many recent borrowers, including Salomon Brothers and Burlington Northern, have been able to boost the size of their offerings.

2.   Both Federated and Dillard have boosted their size through acquisitions.

3.   All of the companies, excluding Southern Peru, boosted the size of their sales, reflecting continued appetite for high-yield bonds.

4.   Companies will also be able to combine different types of loans into one bond, which could boost the size of new bonds and make them easier to trade.

5.   Demand was strong enough to allow Freeport-McMoRan and Cole National to boost the size of their sales.

6.   Lower borrowing costs help company earnings rise and boost the size of dividends paid shareholders.

7.   Lower borrowing costs make it cheaper for companies to finance their businesses and boost the size of earnings and dividends paid shareholders.

8.   Lower U.S. borrowing costs may enable the Bank of Mexico to cut local rates, which could raise earnings and boost the size of dividends paid shareholders.

9.   Lower borrowing costs also make it less costly for companies to finance their businesses and can boost the size of dividends paid to shareholders.

10.   Loewen, for instance was able to boost the size of its sale.