1.   Eaton said large institutional investors today are putting more pressure on publicly traded companies to increase their returns.

2.   Although several analysts agreed that freeing the lottery from state oversight could increase its returns, they said that could be accomplished without selling any of the lottery.

3.   And accountants say that buybacks are an efficient way for companies to leverage their balance sheets and increase their return on equity.

4.   And he said he expects to increase the return on investment capital.

5.   And, over the long term, putting international stocks in a portfolio will both increase returns and reduce volatility.

6.   Because their pension fund has invested in a growing range of financial markets to spread the risk and increase the returns.

7.   Big fund companies have many ways to increase the returns of young funds that they want to promote.

8.   A falling Australian dollar increases the return in domestic currency miners receive for commodities sold in U.S. dollars.

9.   A falling Australian dollar increases the return in domestic currency terms of commodities trading in U.S. dollars.

10.   A low Australian dollar increases the return companies receive for commodities sold in U.S. dollars and helps offset the earnings impact of falling metal prices.