The dollar rose, strengthened by year-end corporate demand, speculation about higher interest rates and higher oil prices.

Domestically, another factor pushing up the dollar is the strong underlying corporate demand for dollars.

This would stimulate private and corporate demand through lower finance charges.

The plan's backers are confident that there is substantial corporate demand to join Lloyd's.

A. Sharply higher labor costs and soft corporate demand will likely push profits down at least 75 percent this year.

On a preliminary basis, revenue fell to 930 million euros ($1.2 billion) as a result of weak corporate demand and currency effects, the company said.

He said corporate demand for help in curbing stock-related Web use had quadrupled in the last year.

The dollar rose yesterday, strengthened by year-end corporate demand, speculation about higher United States interest rates and a sharp jump in oil prices.

A former sales manager looking back on the time he had to juggle with the moral and immoral balls of corporate demands said that:

Revenue for the period was $10.8bn, as a result of what the company called "strong corporate demand".