The board added that it plans to consider an increase in the dividend, to 33 cents a share after the split, at its May meeting.

The Defense Department, too, is considering a big increase in funding for such work.

Egyptian officials have said they are considering an increase of about 2 percent.

Neither chamber seriously considered an increase in the gasoline tax, which would have been needed to pay for any significant energy policy changes.

As a result, he said that it would eventually be necessary to consider an increase in the sales tax.

Though that would still be considered a huge increase at nearly any other time and place, it's down from the 50 percent surge in 2003.

The last time the authority considered an increase, it became entangled in a battle that lasted two years.

That will then be a good time to consider a possible increase in the funding.

The University is currently considering an increase in tuition fees for the academic year 2011/2012.

Congressional Republicans have for years refused to consider an increase in the current minimum wage, $5.15 per hour.