1.   That prospect helped push the dollar higher against the Japanese yen in New York trading.

2.   That prospect helps the dollar by enhancing the appeal of U.S. deposits.

3.   That prospect may help explain why the pace of U.S. stock fund buying more than tripled in the latest week.

4.   That prospect helped mortgage securities lose less than Treasuries today.

5.   That prospect could help the Democrats pick up votes for their dismissal motion.

6.   That prospect helped drive bank stocks higher today.

7.   That prospect helps sterling since higher rates bring a better return on sterling denominated deposits.

8.   The lower interest rate prospects helped French bank shares.

9.   Both sides said that prospect helped lead to the compromise.

10.   The market was also helped by prospects of a settlement at European level of the mad cow disease crisis hitting the British beef industry.