1.   In his speech, he pledged to open the financial markets to more competition, reduce bureaucracy and expand compulsory education to nine years, from the current six.

2.   In the end, he predicts that the nation will be left with only three big carriers, American, United and Delta, instead of the current six.

3.   Lane, meanwhile, has been battling vocal problems, which caused him to cut back late last year from eight performances a week to his current six.

4.   The new rules will force banks to report any loan that has been in default for more than three months rather than the current six.

5.   The new rules will make banks report any loan that has been in default for more than three months rather than the current six.

6.   U.S. stocks fell as concern persisted that interest rates will climb beyond the current six-month highs.

7.   The new format is the one considered the most likely when the NFL announced almost two years ago that it would realign into eight divisions from the current six.