1.   But he has told a court he only did it because house prices were so high and new players needed a lump sum payment to help them move.

2.   A scarcity of new Treasury bills, as massive tax payments help the Treasury pay off its debt, is also pushing Treasury bill yields lower, Sullivan said.

3.   But the payments helped keep Roberts, his wife, Rachel, and their infant daughter, Bailie, afloat.

4.   ISPs say the payments help them keep prices low and encourage access to rural areas.

5.   Lower interest payments also helped the company.

6.   Strunk, who once worked for Applied, said the company probably hopes the voluntary payments will help avert a layoff.

7.   That decision has hurt some older growers who were counting on the payments to help finance retirement.

8.   The first payment helped him pay off debts and increase player spending.

9.   The prompt payment should help Alpargatas achieve lower interest when it seeks financing in the future, Etchebarne said.

10.   Years down the road, as the government paid back the trust fund, those payments would help fund beneficiary checks to Social Security recipients.