1.   Lower rates make it cheaper for companies to borrow money, which can boost their profits and stock prices.

2.   Former employees at an engineering firm have been told their company borrowed two hundred thousand pounds from their pension scheme just before it went bust.

3.   All three companies have borrowed money in the financial markets using credit-sensitive notes.

4.   Although business investment has picked up, companies are not borrowing to finance their expenditures despite exceptionally low interest rates.

5.   An increase in interest rates by the Fed would make it more expensive for companies to borrow money, while making bonds a relatively more attractive investment than stocks.

6.   An increase in rates makes it more expensive for companies to borrow and tends to slow the economy.

7.   And higher rates make it more expensive for companies to borrow money and invest, curbing their earnings.

8.   And higher rates would make it more expensive for companies to borrow money and invest, hurting their earnings.

9.   And lower interest rates make it cheaper for companies to borrow money and invest.

10.   And even if they find the bond market too expensive, companies could still borrow from banks, which are still eager to lend.