1.   By extending the maturity, you can normally receive a higher yield and make up some of the outlay for the commission and any taxes due on the gains.

2.   If rates rise, the amortization slows down, extending the maturity of the swap.

3.   In the meantime, companies are persuading their banks to extend the maturities of loans or relax the terms of those financings, bankers said.

4.   It also indicates that GE, unlike some companies, has not moved to extend the maturities of its debts to deal with any potential loss of liquidity.

5.   It also plans to extend the maturity of three-month treasury bills by seven days.

6.   It will also extend the maturity of its foreign obligations.

7.   Latin American countries want to extend maturities so bond sales are less vulnerable to swings in demand from investors.

8.   Lim said he was asking overseas banks, many of them Japanese, to extend the maturities of loans coming due.

9.   Mexican Deputy Finance Minister Martin Werner wants to swap more Brady bonds, sell securities in more European currencies and extend maturities of local treasury bills this year.

10.   The country also benefits by reducing its outstanding debt and extending its maturities.