1.   It would also mean a boon to investors who have increasingly tucked away billions of dollars in stock-related investments.

2.   Stock traders persisted in their hope that the Federal Reserve would moderate or even forgo an expected increase in interest rates, which would mean a boon to stocks.

3.   U.S. officials maintain the removal of trade barriers on information technology would mean a boon to the industry at home.

4.   Fewer whites, the bulwark support of opposition parties, have the proper documents than blacks, which could mean a boon for the governing African National Congress.

5.   Fewer whites, the bulwark support of opposition parties, have the proper documents than blacks, which could mean a boon for the ANC.