Keothavong had managed a confidence-boosting three set win over world number 41 Jarmila Groth the day before, but couldn't repeat her efforts on Wednesday.
In Moscow, Diego Maradona' s Argentina scored a morale-boosting 3-2 win over Russia, despite missing the injured Lionel Messi.
The team marked the big day with a morale-boosting 1-0 win over Lincoln City, which lifted them off the bottom of League Two.
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Mirko Jozic's team earned a morale-boosting 2-0 win over Bosnia in their last outing and will be looking to maintain that form in the continuing countdown to the World Cup.
EchoStar 's encouraging financial results sent the stock up better than 10% yesterday, further boosting Ergen's net-worth lead over Rupert Murdoch , whose News Corp. stock made only tepid gains.
By boosting the IRS budget 10% -- over four times the rate of inflation.
Talks with the troika appeared to have stalled over the demand that Greece cut private-sector wages as a step toward boosting the country's competitiveness and jump-starting its recession-ravaged economy.
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Analysts have criticised Republic's fast-paced expansion over recent years, saying that TPG should have instead concentrated on boosting its profitability.
Uncertainty over supplies, and security fears have driven crude prices to record highs in recent months - boosting fuel prices.
Over the past three years the Danes have shaved the public payroll by almost 1% while boosting private-sector employment by 3.7%.
Yet mitigating the risk of default is the fact that Ecuador's ability to service its debt has improved in recent months, as high energy prices, increased taxation of the oil sector and the state's take-over of Block 15 previously run by a US company, Occidental Petroleum (Oxy), are boosting the fiscal surplus and foreign reserves.
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An important postscript to the M2M saga is that having had to over-reserve for losses not likely to occur, many banks are now able to reduce provisions for losses, boosting their profits.
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