101.   One firm sees the Fed raising rates by a quarter percentage point.

102.   Physicians in California are often paid a fixed rate by insurers.

103.   Prices of Treasury securities moved moderately higher Wednesday but fell short of the strong rally some traders expected after a cut in short-term rates by the Federal Reserve Board.

104.   Reducing these high effective tax rates by letting people keep more of their benefits as they earn higher incomes would be extremely costly.

105.   Reductions in long-distance rates by the Bell companies would compel traditional carriers to lower their rates further.

106.   Rinehimer said most companies have offered discounts to good drivers and groups off of state-set rates by drawing on their reserves.

107.   Robust job growth is a sign of a rebounding economy and that may accelerate inflation rate by the end of the year, analysts said.

108.   Rather than calculate liability rates by model, many insurers have been relying instead on rules of thumb that were developed decades ago.

109.   Sallie Mae reduces its rates by a quarter percentage point for borrowers who have their payments automatically deducted from a bank account.