11.   While this helped boost profits, analysts say MCI still needs to focus on the bottom line.

12.   Japanese purchases of dollars, meanwhile, helped boost the U.S. currency, said David Gilmore, a partner at Foreign Exchange Analytics in Essex, Conn.

13.   Small-lot orders for cheap electrical shares, as well as small-to-medium real estate issues, helped boost the market, traders said.

14.   The rise, continuing a trend started Wednesday, helped boost Tokyo share prices to a three-month high.

15.   The rise, continuing a trend started Wednesday, helped boost Tokyo share prices to a five-month high at one point.

16.   The rise, which began Wednesday, helped boost Tokyo share prices to a five-month high at one point.

17.   Those gains helped boost the dollar, since gains in markets for dollar-denominated assets tends to drive up demand for the currency needed to purchase the securities.