91.   My column last week warned that the Senate version of the bill excluded bonuses to states that increase the rate of marriage and decrease illegitimacy and dependency.

92.   Modi said he bought shares in Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd., the government-run domestic telecommunications operator, because the government might increase its rates in the budget.

93.   Moreover, when the capital gains tax rate was increased, revenue collections suffered.

94.   None of this is a problem as long as new loans keep coming in, at ever increasing rates, providing fresh profits to cover the losses.

95.   Not everyone thinks the central bank needs to rush to increase rates, or that the rise in inflation justifies a strong upward move.

96.   Nineteen percent of cities increased property tax rates.

97.   One goal is to increase the rate of seat belt use from the current level of about two in three.

98.   One is that if you increase your savings rate proportionally to any increases in income, the projected accumulation would likely be higher.

99.   Or increase the rate of return on the money coming into the system.

100.   Other economic releases this week may yet convince the Fed to increase rates, some traders said.