11.   Even so, analysts expect that Salomon will boost the fortunes of Travelers, an insurer and consumer finance company with operations in Connecticut.

12.   For Nabors, that means companies are reworking old wells and drilling for new deposits, boosting its fortunes at the same time.

13.   It also gives Perot Systems a steady source of revenue, just as General Motors Corp. boosted the fortune of another computer services company Perot founded, EDS Corp.

14.   It could also boost the fortunes of Metro Pacific Corp., which leads a consortium building a new downtown near Makati.

15.   Lower interest rates in Japan may boost the fortunes of companies here by reducing borrowing costs and making their products more competitive in overseas markets by weakening the yen.

16.   Lower interest rates may boost the fortunes of companies here by reducing borrowing costs and making their products more competitive in overseas markets by weakening the yen.

17.   Nader makes no effort to hide the obvious, that it is more likely to boost the fortunes of George W. Bush over those of Al Gore.

18.   That has boosted the fortunes of countless entrepreneurs and investors.

19.   That could boost the fortunes of movies that already are hot and renew interest in those films that have fallen in standing.

20.   The booming economy has boosted the fortunes of many workers.