1.   College officials insist that higher education is a good buy despite rising tuition costs.

2.   The Decision not to renew the contract with the landlords Hill Samuel was taken in the light of rising costs and Declining sales.

3.   The investment was pitched to parents as a safe way to deal with rising college costs.

4.   We got clobbered last year by rising production costs.

5.   Local communities are often unwilling to reflect rising costs of waste management in higher local taxation.

6.   Also causing concern is rising costs, TRIS said.

7.   Analysts have said that successful efforts to reduce rising Medicare costs will accelerate consolidation of the hospital industry, with big chains such as Columbia gobbling up weakened competition.

8.   Analysts are worried that the insurance and healthcare company is having trouble with billing systems and rising costs.

9.   And even though many analysts are concerned that rising labor costs will eventually push consumer prices higher, inflation so far has remained mostly a no-show.