1.  Argentina is expected to be able to meet its borrowing needs for the rest of the year, which diminishes any immediate threat of default.

2.  At a time when large and middle-size companies can turn elsewhere to fill their borrowing needs, the card-carrying consumer is a fat prospect for banks.

3.  Beginning with February, it will announce each quarter whether it will do buybacks, depending on its cash flow and borrowing needs.

4.  Borrowers are either desperately working to reduce their debts or are increasingly relying on the capital markets for their borrowing needs.

5.  Depending on the degree, previous academic achievement and total borrowing needs, financing a degree can be difficult.

6.  Despite debt reduction and reduced borrowing needs by Uncle Sam, the yields on all key Treasury issues have soared.

7.  Hoogovens has cut its borrowing needs as well.

8.  It provides an opportunity to raise funds quickly for one-off civil projects, short-term borrowing needs and corporate mortgages.

9.  Overall, steady interest rates are good for stocks because they let companies and consumers plan their borrowing needs better.

10.  Rising interest rates hurt those industries because they have large borrowing needs.