11.   A drop in Treasury bond yields, which are used to set borrowing costs, helped to lift bank shares.

12.   Corporate treasurers are keeping an eye on the direction of Treasury yields, which are used to set borrowing costs.

13.   Government yields are used to set borrowing rates on corporate debt.

14.   In theory round-tripping could have been used to set new, artificially high benchmark prices for electricity contracts.

15.   In what law enforcement officials said was almost certainly arson, gasoline was used to set several buildings and chair lifts ablaze at Vail Resorts atop Vail Mountain.

16.   It is, of course, the May sweeps, one of the three important monthly periods when some local stations use ratings to set their ad rates.

17.   Like every sweeps month, which also occurs in November, this is the period local stations use to set their advertising rates.

18.   RDAs are also used to set standards in many programs, like public school lunches and Meals on Wheels.

19.   Sir David Tweedie, who has headed the IASB since its establishment last year, believes corporations everywhere should account for options using one set of standards.

20.   Televisa officials said the company was conducting an exhaustive review of its assets to determine which could be sold or which could be used to set joint ventures.