1.   MSNBC also saw its ratings go higher, and stay higher, as a result of its focus on the White House sex scandal.

2.   Rates will stay higher until the autumn, Ross says.

3.   Stocks rose in early trading and stayed higher throughout the day, and surged just before the close.

4.   Although stocks have rebounded sharply from their post-terror attack lows, the market has struggled to move and stay much higher.

5.   Suicides increased less after floods but stayed higher longer.

6.   The dollar initially stayed higher in Tokyo, but the currency later slipped as U.S. speculative players liquidated long, or over bought, dollar positions, traders said.

7.   The U.S. dollar stayed higher against the Japanese yen.

8.   The U.S. dollar stayed higher against the yen.

9.   They warned that for the near future, interest rates are likely to stay higher than businesses and mortgage holders would like.