61.   Some commercial banks offered higher returns on expectation that interest rates may rise during the next three months, Iguchi said.

62.   Some investments require patience before they offer a return.

63.   South Korean stocks were mixed, with investors shying from purchasing stocks while they consider bonds to offer better returns.

64.   Some money managers and traders said the rapid drop in municipal yields has individual investors looking toward other investments that offer higher returns.

65.   Still, offering brokers incentives to sell in-house products has been criticized because other funds may offer better returns to investors.

66.   Such bonds offer hefty returns, as they recoup most of their value, boosted by a refinancing, economic recovery, government reform or other rescue plan.

67.   That meant a lot of money managers were searching for stocks that might offer high returns through the balance of the year.

68.   That makes it expensive for Zell to go out and buy new properties at prices that offer returns to which his investors are accustomed.

69.   The bonds offered higher returns than what investors could realize on comparable top-rated corporate securities.

70.   The increases prompted traders to sell the Canadian dollar and securities denominated in it for currencies in markets that offer better returns.