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Companies have responded by trying to keep a lid on costs and by cutting back on the number of people they hire.

Correlations between global rates and U.S. are still quite strong, so falling U.S. yields will help to keep a lid on term borrowing rates elsewhere, they say.

And instead of wrestling with a heavy lid, the brand’s Air Lift™ Hinge makes opening and closing it nearly effortless.

Jones Plastic, which makes products such as the glass-and-plastic top lid of washing machines and is a longtime supplier of GE Appliances, plans to hire staff and buy more injection-molding machines and material-handling equipment.

His eyes roved wildly beneath closed lids, and he did not stir, except to mutter something unintelligible.