1.   Analysts say the cut in the reserve ratio will help reduce the interest payment burdens of many Korean companies.

2.   At first, the use of credit cards for tuition could be seen as a way to lighten the payment burden on students and parents.

3.   But banking lobbyists were noncommittal about their willingness to support the repeal of Glass-Steagall in exchange for avoiding the interest payment burden.

4.   Consolidation can ease the monthly payment burden and give students more flexibility to pay high-interest debts like those from credit cards, advisers say.

5.   Daewoo Motor attributed the losses to debt servicing costs and weak sales and payment burdens at overseas plants.

6.   That puts the payment burden on seniors whose prescription bills can run thousands of dollars a year.

7.   But its interest payment burden eased thanks to record-low interest rates, and the company stepped up rationalisation efforts covering all of its businesses, it said.