11.   Foundation has been under pressure of late, victimized by rising costs that have squeezed margins.

12.   If it does, U.S. corporations will find their margins squeezed as they are forced to compete with these lower-priced goods.

13.   In a few months, supply will taper off and prices will rise, squeezing company margins.

14.   Investors are concerned that a possible depreciation of the peso in the weeks ahead would raise the cost of importing raw materials, squeezing its margins.

15.   It is believed that higher interest rates would squeeze margins at banks while also lowering their underlying asset value.

16.   Kmart said its margins were being squeezed in December.

17.   Manufacturers are seeing margins squeezed as their own price rises lag inflation.

18.   Margins were squeezed because the cost of supplies outpaced sales growth.

19.   Margins were squeezed, he said, because overall prices for chemicals had dropped.

20.   None of the new technologies will displace EMC, said Tanner, but collectively they will offer purchasers cheaper alternatives that will squeeze margins throughout the industry.