61.   Demand is so healthy, the Federal Reserve this week raised interest rates as a preemptive strike against rising retail prices.

62.   Democrats have used their new control of the Senate to highlight concern about rising energy prices.

63.   Delta has been hurt less than other airlines by rising fuel prices.

64.   Despite rising oil prices, Marshall Acuff, an equity strategist for Salomon Smith Barney, said another rate hike by the Federal Reserve is the least concern.

65.   Despite rising oil prices, unemployment and poverty are pressing problems in Iran.

66.   Earlier today, the Federal Reserve said the economy is showing signs of subdued growth with no threat of rising consumer prices.

67.   Ed Brogan, steel and auto analyst at Jardine Fleming Securities said steel companies may also get a boost from rising stainless steel prices.

68.   EMAP says increased revenue from advertising should more than compensate for rising paper prices.

69.   Europe is a long way from facing a crisis, though political reaction to rising petroleum prices, exacerbated by the decline in the euro, was quite strident.

70.   Filling up is costing more for Southern California drivers as rising oil prices and cleaner but more costly gasolines make their way to the pumps.