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Afghan Subcontractor Accuses DynCorp of Fraud

An Afghan construction company and eight of its employees filed a federal lawsuit against Falls Church-based DynCorp International, alleging that the large government contractor engaged in fraud, threatened workers and took $2.5 million worth of equipment and materials that belonged to it.

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17.10.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Lax D.C. Oversight Of Jobs Program Let Costs Skyrocket

Over 10 weeks this summer, 53 city youths in Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's jobs program worked for the D.C. Aerospace Academy. They had dream jobs, including trips to Kansas to take flying lessons in single-engine Cessnas, and each student was paid about $1,800.

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17.10.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Capital One Turns a Profit While Major Banks Rack Up Losses

Capital One, the McLean banking and credit card company, reported yesterday it had eked out a profitable quarter even as several other major financial firms continued to disclose dramatic losses.

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17.10.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Social Security Benefits to Rise 5.8%

As seniors struggle with the soaring costs of everyday expenses and hefty hits to their retirement saving accounts, the Social Security Administration yesterday announced a 5.8 percent increase in income benefits, marking the largest cost-of-living adjustment since 1982.

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17.10.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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As Iraq's Oil Flows Freely, Profits Are Stuck in Bureaucracy

BAGHDAD -- Qassim Frez, a senior Iraqi civil servant, has a problem officials in Washington might envy. Iraq has piled up tens of billions of dollars from oil sales, and its bureaucrats are struggling to spend the windfall.

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17.10.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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After Debate, Glare Of Media Hits Joe

"The real winner" of Wednesday night's debate, John McCain said yesterday at a campaign stop in Downingtown, Pa., "was Joe the Plumber."

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17.10.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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EPA Places Stricter Regulations on Airborne Lead

The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday tightened the regulatory limit on airborne lead for the first time in 30 years, lowering the legal maximum to a tenth of what it was on the grounds that it poses a more serious threat to young children than officials had realized.

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17.10.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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U.S. Stock Markets Fluctuate After Early Bounce

After surging in early trading today, stocks lost altitude as government officials detailed plans to inject $250 billion in capital into major banks and corporate news tempered the economic outlook.

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14.10.2008 22:24:59 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Asian, European Markets Continue Upbeat Rally

TOKYO, Oct. 14 -- Feverish buying in Japan on Tuesday replaced last week's market panic, as the benchmark Nikkei stock index soared to its largest-ever percentage gain in a single day, up 14.15 percent -- part of a global rally in stocks that continued throughout Asia and Europe.