1.   But middle-tier companies will be increasingly squeezed as smaller fund companies, which generally have lower overhead, crowd onto the Internet to peddle their wares.

2.   Corporate profits get squeezed as rates rise.

3.   Manufacturers are seeing margins squeezed as their own price rises lag inflation.

4.   Others point to the global manufacturing overcapacity and the very real possibility that American factories could get squeezed as Asian nations flood the world with cheaper exports.

5.   Squeeze as much of the water out of the bread as you can and crumble it into a large bowl.

6.   That helped banks, which see their profit margins squeezed as interest rates rise.

7.   The fund was squeezed as short-term interest rates rose.

8.   Their profits also get squeezed as interest rates rise because of their high levels of debt.

9.   They get squeezed as their customers -- many of them the big companies reporting earnings gains -- force suppliers to lower prices in an effort to cut costs.

10.   They may also find themselves squeezed as gas stations, an even more convenient stop-off for many Japanese, start carrying similar products.