1.   Along with high domestic interest rates, which pushed up the financing costs of the heavily debted companies, the recession drove many small contractors out of business.

2.   And by having everything built at once, and floated to a central assembly site, the job saves financing costs by getting done in three years.

3.   Argentina may also have put off the sale anticipating lower financing costs later this year.

4.   At the same time Shinsegae will cut inventory, seeking to pare the financing costs for merchandise waiting to be sold.

5.   Automakers are trying to encourage consumers to buy more cars, so they have lowered the financing costs.

6.   Bank and utility shares gained, largely because their larger borrowers of capital, and their own financing costs are reduced when interest rates decline.

7.   Bank and utility shares gained, largely because they are major borrowers of capital and their financing costs are reduced when interest rates decline.

8.   Banking groups said they viewed the proposal primarily as an increase in their financing costs.

9.   Because it swaps into deutsche marks, it had to wait until swap market rates made the financing costs low enough to meet its borrowing target.

10.   A downgrade would add to financing costs and trigger agreements calling for the repayment of debt.