The 500 also reaped major rewards from lowering interest payments, both by tapping bigger earnings to reduce debt and by issuing new bonds at bargainrates.
500强公司还通过降低利息支出实现了增效，包括用利润偿还债务以及以极低利率发行新债券这两种方式。
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Just as bargain financing couldn't save the housing market, analysts say, a gradual rise in rates won't necessarily crush it.
分析师认为，正如廉价金融无法拯救房地产市场，缓慢上升的利率也不会毁了它。
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That would be a bargain for Europeans, who generally face higher fuel tax rates.