71.   The company said the improved results were due largely to higher margins.

72.   The National Bank earlier planned to announce new, higher margins for the hryvna by Monday, a decision long expected by Ukrainian bankers and businessmen.

73.   The two teams finished with identical records, but Olympiakos won the previous head-to-head game by a higher margin.

74.   To support these businesses, Honda is assisting them financially, including allowing higher margins on their products and sometimes absorbing the rise in the cost of products.

75.   This was credited to an expanded loan portfolio and higher margins.

76.   With this in mind, Trotman stressed that Ford has begun replacing low margin, slow selling products with higher margin products which are in hot demand.

77.   About half of the growth in net interest income was volume-driven with the other half reflecting higher margins, the company said.

78.   Wang Jiming, chairman of Shanghai Petrochemical, said the prices of petrochemical products increased sharply during the period and higher margins were achieved.