51.   The companies have boosted rebates and other incentives in recent months to attract buyers.

52.   The company also is boosting research and development spending to find other uses for the metal, Landis said.

53.   The company will boost marketing to focus on all of its health-care services, not just those that will be affected by the Medicare changes.

54.   The combination allows the companies to boost profits by combining their lists of customers.

55.   The companies have boosted rebates and other incentives in recent months to their highest levels in about five years.

56.   The company also boosted its cash reserves.

57.   The company boosted pumping rates in other lines and drew from its inventories along the pipes to help offset the decrease in volume, Neiles said.

58.   The sale comes a day after the company boosted the IPO.

59.   The resulting company could boost competition among long-distance providers and Baby Bells such as BellSouth.

60.   The telecommunications equipment company boosted revenue by selling to regional Baby Bells.