Word: pushed
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...President Barack Obama has pledged to put broadband in every home through the use of tax credits. His plan stands in contrast to President George W. Bush’s deregulatory approach and harks back to the push to bring electricity and indoor plumbing to rural America in the mid-20th century. The goal is admirable, but may not yield much progress. Top ISPs have responded with a plan to simply redefine FCC’s definition broadband at a lower speed and introduce a three-tiered access system that could force consumers to pay more to receive the same...
...Albanese sent a volley into the left side of the net to bring the Crimson within one.Hofstra responded with a penalty kick, raising the score to 3-1. Only 58 seconds later, Harvard senior Lizzy Nichols sent a shot past Pride goalkeeper Krysten Farriella.“The last push that we made was probably the best that we’ve done this season so far,” Wideroff said. “It was good because we got a taste of our potential, and we are just hoping that from here...
...likely to follow France's lead and embrace a new tax, Egenhofer says. Sweden, current holder of the E.U.'s rotating presidency, wants to see the tax policy expanded across the region. With voters everywhere bracing for fiscal belt-tightening, this just might be the best time to push a new tax through. - With reporting by Bryan Walsh / New York
...there, drawn by the $9.99 all-you-can-eat buffet and the slogan "Help Yourself to Happiness." This year the Whitfields, the Waldrons and many others aren't: sales are down 2.5% this year, and it would be worse, says Rogers, if he hadn't launched a big coupon push. But that's eaten into profits, which dropped 63% over the past two years and are on track to do the same this year...
...disappointing results follow a strong rebound by the market since May, after a decisive general-election victory by India's Congress Party boosted investors' hopes that the ruling coalition government would have the votes to push through key financial sector reforms and privatization. From May through Sept. 9, the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex index rose 42%, bouncing back from a 52% decline in 2008. As stocks revived, so did India's moribund IPO market. Since May, eight companies have raised about $2.5 billion in initial offerings; there was just one IPO in the first five months...