61.   A report on consumer prices showed a surprisingly large increase for April, excluding volatile food and energy costs, providing evidence that inflation is gathering steam.

62.   A separate Labor Department report showed collective-bargaining settlements during the second quarter resulted in smaller wage increases for workers, continuing a recent trend.

63.   A signed contract would have stalled teacher salary increases for two years, anyway.

64.   A separate Labor Department report showed collective bargaining settlements during the third quarter resulted in smaller wage increases for workers.

65.   A separate report on retailing by the Johnson Redbook Service also showed an increase for early May.

66.   A widening spread indicates that the market does not expect another Fed rate increase for some time.

67.   Access to e-mail, instant messaging and corporate intranets via cell phones or other mobile devices could lead to significant productivity increases for businesses, analysts said.

68.   Added to these costs were increases for the purchase of natural gas to generate the power.

69.   Administration officials were cool toward the spending cut proposal, which comes at time when they are pushing for increases for defense and education.

70.   After a frugal first year, he plans substantial funding increases for local school authorities in his second budget.