41.   It seeks similar increases from small businesses and individuals, helped by an industrywide upswing in rates.

42.   Many steelmakers also were able to boost earnings because they maintained price increases from last year and sold a more profitable mix of products, analysts said.

43.   Nevertheless, some analysts said the weakness of consumer demand in the U.K. may mitigate the extent to which retailers can pass on price increases from suppliers.

44.   Nonetheless, many investors are still looking for an interest-rate increase from the Fed by the end of the year.

45.   Noticeably milder air will surge into the Northeast Wednesday as winds increase from the southwest behind a warm front.

46.   One risk for inflation would be rising demand for wage increases from workers.

47.   Production increases from upstart South Korean firms, such as Samsung Electronics Co., made the glut worse.

48.   Skies will be partly to mostly sunny as winds increase from the south and west throughout the area.

49.   Still, the increase from a year earlier was striking.

50.   That is a robust gain, but it hardly matches the nearly threefold sales increase from the previous year.