41.   High prices of raw materials, such as malt, sugar, molasses, corn, soya and plastic resin, continued to squeeze profit, San Miguel said.

42.   Higher interest rates, while making peso-denominated investments more attractive, raises borrowing costs for companies and squeezes profits.

43.   Higher rates increase borrowing costs for companies and squeeze bank profits by increasing rates they must pay depositors.

44.   Higher interest rates can damp consumer spending, hurting sales, and they can squeeze profits by raising corporate borrowing costs.

45.   Higher interest rates hurt stocks because they squeeze corporate profits and make fixed-income investments relatively more attractive.

46.   Higher corporate borrowing costs and steeper interest rates on credit cards can squeeze company profits, and depress stocks as a result, by slowing investment and spending.

47.   Higher interest rates can dampen consumer spending hurting sales, and they can squeeze profits by raising corporate borrowing costs.

48.   If an agreement is reached, it would be the latest move by big oil refiners to cope with thin margins and flat demand, which have squeezed profits.

49.   If his productivity has in fact not risen to two birdhouses an hour, then the higher wage he gets will squeeze profits.

50.   In a few months, supply will taper off and prices will rise, squeezing company profits.