21.   And strong job growth is helping increase occupancy rates for everything from offices to shopping centers to apartments, allowing landlords to raise rents.

22.   Applegate is betting that the Fed will not increase rates to slow growth and curb inflation.

23.   As a result, Morishita said, Nippon Telephone tends to treat the Internet not as an opportunity but rather as a reason to increase rates.

24.   Argentine shares fell last week on concerns the Fed would increase rates to slowdown the U.S. economy.

25.   As insurers increase premium rates and await federal aid, some investors are seeing opportunities to take advantage of the growth potential.

26.   At one point, Tractebel asked an international arbitration court to force regulators to increase the rates.

27.   At the same time, strong job growth is helping increase occupancy rates for everything from apartments to hotels and office buildings.

28.   Bank Indonesia today increased rates for all classes of its SBI intervention papers, which are effectively treasury bills.

29.   Banks have maintained their margins by raising the interest rates on loans at a faster pace than they are increasing deposit rates.

30.   Before Thursday, most currency experts and economists had predicted that the European Central Bank would increase rates by only a quarter of a point.