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Bargains by the Beach Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Rich and Debbie Sulkovsky of Herndon had been looking for months for a place near the ocean when they saw a yellow house with green shutters in a creek-front community not far from Rehoboth Beach.
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GM Says Approval of Restructuring Is Urgent Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT NEW YORK, July 1 -- General Motors mounted a final push for its historic restructuring plan, arguing before a federal bankruptcy judge Wednesday that the U.S. government would cut off funding -- in effect risking liquidation of the automaker -- unless it won quick approval for the turnaround prop...
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Stocks Fall as Jobs Report Dampens Recovery Hopes Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Wall Street closed the week with a sharp decline yesterday after a weak labor report stoked investor concerns of a prolonged recession.
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SEC Investigator Raised Madoff Concerns Years Ago, Was Asked to Look Elsewhere Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT An investigator at the Securities and Exchange Commission warned superiors as far back as 2004 about irregularities at Bernard L. Madoff's financial management firm, but she was told to focus on an unrelated matter, according to agency documents and sources familiar with the investigation.
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In Pakistan, Generations of Brickmakers See Few Changes Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT TARLAHI, Pakistan -- At the end of a village road, behind a grassy bluff, lies a hidden valley carpeted with thick red dust and canyoned with craggy mounds of earth. At the bottom, clay-colored figures squat barefoot all day, shaping balls of mud into bricks. In the distance, a dozen scattered...
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New White House Office to Redefine Urban Policy Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT NEW YORK -- Once upon a time, when cities were poor and suburbs were rich, "urban policy" meant programs to alleviate poverty.
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Obama, Party Tout Lower Figure for Health Reform Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Senate Democrats and President Obama, trying to assuage fears about the cost of health reform, yesterday touted new estimates that put the price tag for one bill at $611 billion over the next decade.
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FTC Urged to Require Liability Warnings on Chryslers Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Consumer groups petitioned the Federal Trade Commission yesterday to require that Chrysler vehicles display stickers warning prospective buyers of liability risks.
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What 'Organic' Really Means Under the Law Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT What "organic" really means under federal law: "100 Percent Organic" products must show an ingredient list, the name and address of the handler (bottler, distributor, importer, manufacturer, packer, processor) of the finished product, and the name and seal of the organic certifier. These products...
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Integrity of Federal 'Organic' Label Questioned Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Three years ago, U.S. Department of Agriculture employees determined that synthetic additives in organic baby formula violated federal standards and should be banned from a product carrying the federal organic label. Today the same additives, purported to boost brainpower and vision, can be found...
