41.   Several other states have already taken similar measures, markedly increasing the return of funds to owners.

42.   Some clubs accept late-model used boats, and this is a way to increase the return on investment and reduce the cost of ownership.

43.   That would increase long-term returns while reducing the risk that any individual might make bad investments or retire at a time when the stock market is depressed.

44.   The beneficial effects of cost-cutting on income have run their course, and a new approach is required to increase returns to stockholders, Derr said.

45.   The advice is chanted again and again to go international and buy stocks, bonds or mutual funds in foreign countries to spread portfolio risk and to increase returns.

46.   The Clewiston-based company is banking on the gargantuan investment to increase its returns in a low-margin business that essentially has been flat for a decade.

47.   The bank, based in the Harlem section of New York, is shifting its mix of loans and securities to increase its return on assets.

48.   The new fund shows that institutional investors continue to have a strong appetite for such buyout funds as they seek ways to increase returns.

49.   The potential for higher rates buoys the currency, since it would increase returns on sterling-denominated deposits.

50.   This split would help eliminate some conflicts of interest for its policing unit as the exchange takes on the task of increasing shareholder returns.