1.   Fears of rising bankruptcy filings among smaller telecommunications concerns has infected even the giants in that industry such as Nortel Networks and Qualcomm.

2.   High consumer debt and rising personal bankruptcies could dampen spending.

3.   It would appear that rising bankruptcies have not yet caused lenders to grow more cautious.

4.   Korean bonds got hammered as rising corporate bankruptcies and a worsening cash crunch drove interest rates higher.

5.   Rising bankruptcies boost unemployment, dull consumer spending and sour an already weak economy.

6.   Rising corporate bankruptcies, higher interest rates, tumbling currencies and plunging stock markets in Asia wrecked many securities firms there.

7.   These rising bankruptcies are costing creditors money.

8.   U.S. banks tightened their standards for consumer loans over the past three months in response to rising personal bankruptcies and credit card delinquencies, the Federal Reserve said today.

9.   Rising bankruptcies and weakness in the construction industry have also hurt jobs.

10.   Rising bankruptcies and weakness in the construction industry, a mainstay of the economy, have also kept unemployment high.