1.   Black marketeers sell rubles for dollars at hugely inflated rates.

2.   But some experts noted that competition was gradually eroding such inflated rates anyway.

3.   Filed in Travis County about two months ago, the suits claim that New Power and other companies indirectly benefitted from inflated rates.

4.   In the past, customers had paid inflated rates to subsidize the service.

5.   Local companies such as PLDT historically have used inflated international rates to subsidize domestic calls and pay for the development of their phone networks.

6.   PLDT and others have relied on inflated international rates to subsidize domestic calls and pay for the development of their phone monopolies.

7.   Several Texas cities have sued, alleging that PUC conflicts related to Enron may be forcing millions of Texans to pay inflated electric rates.

8.   They have traditionally relied on inflated international rates to subsidize domestic calls and pay for the development of their phone networks.

9.   Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been seeking to renegotiate several power agreements signed by his predecessor, Benazir Bhutto, saying she accepted inflated rates in exchange for kickbacks.

10.   In recent months privately financed power companies have been accused of setting inflated rates in exchange for payoffs to the previous government led by former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.