• There has been some suggestion that the tax-increase proposal is a Boehner ploy: Put the increase on the table and when the president rejects it Boehner can say he made concessions but the president refused them.

    FORBES: Connect

  • The seats themselves have been thinned down (without compromising comfort) and the magazine pouch shifted from knee height to behind the tray table to increase legroom.

    CNN: Best economy-class innovations

  • In 2011 as a whole, end users bought 1.8 billion units, an 11.1 percent increase from 2010 (see Table 2).

    ENGADGET: Gartner: Apple leads the way among smartphone vendors, Android sees slight decline

  • America is not, but new rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission will require firms to reveal what, if anything, they are doing to increase diversity at the top table.

    ECONOMIST: Women in business

  • If the amount of money on the table is to increase, more companies need to be persuaded to pay up, but attacks on those that have admitted their guilt rather than on those that are keeping quiet are a strange way of achieving that goal, it said.

    BBC: Press gloomy over slave labour compensation

  • If the nation is going to have a serious discussion about how to reform Medicare and its financing, the payroll tax increase needs to be on the table.

    FORBES: Why the New Medicare Tax is a Bad Idea

  • It is a two-part deal - 3% on the table for both parties for the cost of living increase for 2002.

    BBC: HEAD TO HEAD

  • Retail sales increased by 5.3% in the year to the third quarter, the second-fastest growth in our table after America's 8.3% increase.

    ECONOMIST: Overview

  • Even higher rates of increase are chalked up by transport and the Home Office (see table).

    ECONOMIST: Public spending

  • Around 70 proposals are on the table, most of which will decide whether member nations increase or lower the level of protection on various species.

    NPR: UN Calls For Clampdown On Illegal Wildlife Trade

  • That is the smallest annual increase for nine-and-a-half years (see table).

    ECONOMIST: Is the worst over for America's economy?

  • The drivers got a 3% pay increase for 2002, which takes effect from April this year and they also put some productivity improvements on the table which were very worthwhile to us.

    BBC: HEAD TO HEAD

  • He wanted a diverse group of people that could bring diverse opinions to the table to talk about measures that we could take -- and that business could take -- to increase American competitiveness and create jobs.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

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