21.   In a statement, the company said it planned to continue principal payments and that it has hired Morgan Stanley Dean Witter to renegotiate its remaining obligations.

22.   In addition, they will also defer principal payments of Jinro Ltd., Jinro General Foods Co. and two other subsidiaries until next year.

23.   In all likelihood, these principal payments have been building up as a balance in some other account or investment.

24.   In March, Victorias asked for a moratorium on principal payments until it could get an infusion from a new investor.

25.   Inflation eats into the value of bonds interest and principal payments.

26.   Inflation erodes the value of bonds and their principal payments over time.

27.   Inflation drives bond yields higher because it erodes the value of fixed interest and principal payments.

28.   Inflation eats into the value of fixed-income securities and their principal payments.

29.   Inflation erodes the value of bonds fixed interest and principal payments.

30.   Investors demand higher interest rates to compensate for any chance a company will miss interest or principal payments.