71. Some investors and traders had bet on a cut in rates from the German central bank by buying dollars. 72. Some analysts and newspaper editors believe that management will put the savings into keeping subscription costs and advertising rates from rising further. 73. Some analysts said it injected extra liquidity into the money market to prevent the rate from rising. 74. Straube thought he was getting a good rate from his insurer, a small county mutual, before finding out that he could do better. 75. Survival rates from cardiac arrest vary widely, with different standards and competing claims. 76. SWEDISH bonds fell as the krona weakened and investors fretted that rising foreign rates would prevent Swedish rates from falling further. 77. Still, the central bank may keep rates from falling too quickly in order to keep the economy from overheating and fueling inflation. 78. That cap was aimed at preventing higher money-market rates from being passed on to customers, which would have discouraged consumers and businesses from borrowing for investment. 79. That makes it less likely the central bank will raise interest rates from record lows. 80. Sugar said that J. Crew was forecasting much better response and conversion rates from its e-mail campaigns than from its off-line direct-mailing efforts. |