11.   And the success rate may be increasing.

12.   As bit rates increase, more data can be displayed and moved around faster on the screen, increasing both performance and the quality of graphics.

13.   As Mexicans make the transition from a pay-as-you-go pension system to private pensions, he said, the savings rate will increase.

14.   As the market for office space in midtown has tightened and rental rates increased, tenants have been looking to downtown as a cheaper alternative.

15.   As the system was being charged, the leak rate increased.

16.   Banks may also rise because those low rates increase their lending margins, or the difference between what they pay to raise money and charge for loans.

17.   Banks stocks would benefit if North American interest rates fell because lower rates increase demand for consumer loans and mortgages, boosting bank profits.

18.   Bonds were also hurt by a weaker Canadian dollar, which fell against its U.S. counterpart after a government report showed the inflation rate is increasing faster than expected.

19.   Bonds opened lower after the Bundesbank said interest rates were set to converge across Europe in the months ahead of monetary union, suggesting further German rate increases.

20.   A major question that is still unanswered is whether the changes seen in the mitochondrial DNA mean that the mutation rate has also increased in the nuclear DNA.