31.   Companies may either expense interest costs linked to construction or capitalize them, for instance.

32.   Currently, the government covers the interest costs until after graduation.

33.   Declining rates are encouraging Americans who bought homes in the past two years to refinance and lower their interest costs.

34.   Declining rates are attracting many Americans to refinance and lower their interest costs.

35.   Destinations wanted to refinance the debt so future interest costs would remain relatively steady.

36.   Delaying the movie until Thanksgiving or Christmas, which remains a strong possibility, would increase production and interest costs even further.

37.   During his tenure, the company was plagued by high operating expenses and higher-than-expected interest costs, which stifled development of new malls.

38.   Emerging economies would see lower interest costs on their foreign debts.

39.   Even flirting with default can roil securities markets, with potentially huge increases in interest costs.

40.   Falling interest rates are good for companies with large debt burdens, such as utilities and toll highway companies, because they reduce interest costs on corporate debt.