51.   New efficiency standards approved by the Bush administration are expected to save billions of dollars in energy costs but significantly increase prices of new washing machines and water heaters.

52.   That would allow the government to save billions it would otherwise have to pay in interest.

53.   Telecom companies are expected to save billions of dollars by combining to build the infrastructure needed for so-called third-generation, or UMTS, mobile phones.

54.   Earlier Greenspan said that the CPI overestimates the true level of inflation, and that a change in the method of calculating the index could save billions of dollars.

55.   The Americans are calling the shots in the negotiations for an accord that will save consumers billions of dollars in telephone bills and benefit telecoms operators and equipment producers.