1.   An increase in bond prices boost the recorded value of the bonds they hold in inventory and can boost trading profits.

2.   Another reason for the price boost is that farmers are sending fewer, and smaller, hogs to market, Sumpter said.

3.   At the National Association of Theater Owners in Los Angeles, spokesman Daniel Wheatcroft said the Sony price boost is unlikely to trigger increases by other companies.

4.   Contributing to the price boost was a report earlier this week by Sparks Cos., an influential forecasting firm.

5.   Gary Black, a tobacco industry analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein in New York, said major price boosts might come as early as next week.

6.   Grains particularly are poised for a price boost because of skimpy worldwide stockpiles.

7.   Others see him as a pawn of stock traders hungry to spread rumors so they can profit from price boosts and declines.

8.   Others see him as a pawn of stock traders hungry to spread rumours so they can profit from price boosts and declines.

9.   Some economists continue to worry that rising wages will trigger price boosts.

10.   The Celtics would not be well positioned for price boosts in TV or radio broadcast rights or richer backing in corporate boardrooms.