That would be a 40 percent increase from the current $100 billion limit, which the bank has almost reached.
Citi's shareholders, however, will have to be patient before seeing a dividend increase, from the current 4 cents a year.
That would translate to a 1-cent increase from the current rate, which is still 44 cents.
The additional financing would allow treatment, including medicines, for 70percentt of those infected, an increase from the current 23percentt, according to the W.H.O report.
That is an increase from the current $25,000, a reasonable step in light of the soft-money ban on open-ended donations to parties.
The limit would increase from the current $417,000 to at least $625,500 and possible as much as $729,750.
Mr. Bush's budget, now before Congress, calls for $480 million for AIDS treatment here and abroad, an 8percentt increase from the current fiscal year.
The mayor's proposed budget allocates $11.6 billion to the Board of Education for operations next year, a 2percentt increase from the current year's $11.4 billion.
The deal proposes a pay increase from the current level of £66,000, to take effect after the general election in 2015.
The tax increase, from the current 1 percent to 2 percent, would net the city $1.7 million in the fourth quarter of this year.
That represents a reduction from the proposal going into the meeting of a 75 percent minimum, but it is an increase from the current 40 percent figure.
