Expandable BG image in table for IE8?

I use a table that must change size regularly, and this tag works perfectly to

expand the BG image in FF and IE9.  Sadly in IE8, the BG image does not expand.

<table width="550" cellpadding="4" border="0" background="http://www.peattiecapital.com/images/featuredbgNL.jpg" align="center" style="background-repeat:no-repeat; background-size: 100% 100%;">

Are there CSS attributes which might work in IE8?

See it in the big table on this page :

http://www.peattiecapital.com/featured.php

Would be grateful for your counsel.