1.   Er the situation is that what has happened is that government has lowered the mandatory ceiling from fifty thousand to twenty thousand.

2.   Although the government lowered its growth estimate, analysts said the report shows a decline in inventories that may presage a strong first-quarter growth figure.

3.   American officials want the Japanese government to lower taxes to stimulate the economy and lower trade barriers.

4.   Aranha said that he believed that the government would lower interest rates in a few weeks and that business would bounce back.

5.   Argentine telephone companies Telefonica de Argentina SA and Telecom Argentina Stet-France Telecom SA soared in early trading after the government lowered long-distance prices and raised local rates.

6.   As expected, the U.S. government lowered the rate it pays on I-bonds last week.

7.   Brazilian interest rate futures fell after Finance Minister Pedro Malan said the government would lower the prime lending rate for February.

8.   But changes to her proposal in the Legislature would allow local governments to lower their pension contributions, too.

9.   Chinese stocks rose on the subsidy rate news as some investors bet that the government will lower interest rates later this year, making savings deposits less attractive.

10.   Earlier losses in the bond market were pared because the government lowered its estimates for inflation and wages growth.