21.   Some pharmaceutical officials are also calling on African governments to boost funding, but fragile economic conditions there present problems.

22.   Stiglitz and Sachs said the IMF should have allowed governments to boost spending so people continued to work and spend money, which would have minimized social tensions.

23.   Telebras earnings would increase if the government boosts call rates and service fees in October or November, as the Communications Ministry has said.

24.   Telebras earnings should increase further if the government boosts phone rates and monthly service fees by December, said Sidney Chameh, head of research at Banco Fator SA.

25.   The benchmark yield yesterday rose to its highest in almost four months amid expectations the government will boost stock prices.

26.   The benchmark yield yesterday rose to the highest in almost four months amid expectations the government will boost stock prices.

27.   The Brazilian government boosted interest in share repurchase programs even more when it announced last week that its National Development Bank would help finance the programs at low rates.

28.   The government boosted rates to keep the currency, the real, from weakening.

29.   The gains came in part because investors were optimistic that the government would boost electricity rates sometime soon.

30.   The government could boost phone rates by March, which would help income at the federal telephone company known as Telebras, Ribeiro said.