21.  Another state agency, the Long Island Power Authority, is considering buying out Lilco as a means of lowering rates on Long Island.

22.  Andrews said he would demand that insurance companies lower their rates or lose the privilege of selling other types of insurance in the state.

23.  Argentine telephone stocks soared after the government raised prices for local service and lowered long-distance rates.

24.  As expected, the U.S. government lowered the rate it pays on I-bonds last week.

25.  As a result, existing companies could lower rates, putting pressure on potential earnings.

26.  As a result, the credit squeeze that the Fed fretted about when it lowered rates remains a possibility.

27.  As a result, utilities are lowering rates for industrial customers, who would otherwise generate their own power or go outside their areas to buy electricity.

28.  At least eight other auto insurers in Georgia, mostly small firms, have lowered rates this year, or filed applications to do so.

29.  At the same time, maximum tax rates were lowered.

30.  Automobile loans and home mortgages also tied to such rates have become cheaper since the Fed lowered rates in July.