31.   Reducing teen pregnancies, fighting drug abuse, reforming public education, and easing regulations on small businesses are also issues being touted by the speaker for the future.

32.   Rather than follow the insurer-bashing rhetoric of outgoing Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, Quackenbush talked about easing regulation and creating a more friendly environment for the industry.

33.   Radio ownership regulations are also eased, with varying limits depending on market size.

34.   Senate Republican leaders failed again to halt debate on a bill that would ease federal regulations on American business.

35.   Shares in large banks and brokerages also rose as investors bet they will gain from a government plan to reform the financial industry by easing regulations.

36.   Since Pataki became governor, the state has become more business-friendly, with targeted tax relief and eased regulations.

37.   She charged that the Bush White House is easing regulations to promote big-business interests.

38.   South Korea plans to ease regulations on foreign purchases of Korean real estate in a bid to promote investment, the Ministry of Construction and Transportation said.

39.   That would mean allowing oil explorers into areas now closed for environmental reasons or easing environmental regulations that have forced some refineries to close down altogether.

40.   The action marks the beginning of what observers expect to be a wave of decisions under the new GOP-led FCC to ease regulations on media businesses.