1.   Smelting Co. rose on hope a rise in global gold prices will boost profit growth, traders said.

2.   The new technologies of the past five years May well have boosted growth in multi-factor productivity.

3.   The USA in particular had urged such a cut to boost economic growth.

4.   But Sir Leon believed an early agreement was needed to boost economic growth in eastern Europe and secure energy supplies for the West.

5.   Analysts said the growth could be boosted by increased revenue outside its regular phone business.

6.   Analysts said the robust pace of growth suggests Fed policymakers will refrain from again lowering the federal funds rate on overnight bank loans to boost growth.

7.   An influx of Hispanic workers near poultry plants also boosted growth in southwest Missouri.

8.   Analysts have worried that smaller competitors would open many new stores to boost sagging growth and weaken business for all the retailers.

9.   And holiday buying may not boost growth in the final three months of the year.

10.   Anybody who expected that Rivlin and Meyer might urge the Fed to boost economic growth with lower interest rates will have to be disappointed.