Some lawmakers opposed the measure because they don't like the formula used to divide the money among the states.

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The Countryside Alliance says that unless the whole process is simplified, the digital divide will keep growing and the money pledged will be all but worthless.

BBC: Rural broadband stalled, says Countryside Alliance

Microsoft's research lab in India, more so than its five counterparts around the world, has become the company's locus for ideas on how to use technology to bridge the developing world's digital divide and make some money along the way.

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Total the number of positions in which you have made money and divide it by the total number of all positions.

FORBES

To find this, first calculate the costs basis, add the total of your non-deductible IRA contributions and any after-tax money rolled in from retirement plans, then divide that sum by the total amount of money in all of your IRAs at the end of the year.

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Under the theory, businesses will kick in money and technology to help close the divide because doing so can help create a pool of new employees and customers, and available government grants and tax breaks can further interest both business and the public.

CNN: Administration's next challenge: Making 'digital divide' initiative stick

Thirty million dollars is a lot of money, but how do you divide it among the families of the three people killed, the dozens maimed, the hundreds who spent time in the hospital, the thousands who witnessed the blasts at the finish line of the Boston Marathon last month?

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They will get their money back if enough funds are available to divide up after all the business's assets are sold.

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Success has bred more competition, which means more money but narrower targeting of audiences for Oscar-caliber films -- which then feeds the divide between blockbusters and prestige films.

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