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Pre-Summer Sizzle Heads Into Third Day

A second day of oppressive weather blanketed the Washington region yesterday, pushing the heat index to 103 degrees in some areas as thousands of households remained without power from last week's storms and residents hungered for ice, air conditioning or a dip in the pool.

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09.06.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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3 Families, 4 Months, $26,000 Paid

Like the service men and women they are, the participants in my yearlong money-management challenge have hunkered down and are attacking their debts with mighty force.

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08.06.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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May consumer confidence falls to near 16-year low

NEW YORK -- Soaring gas prices and weakening job prospects left shoppers gloomier about the economy in May, sending a key barometer of consumer sentiment to its lowest level in almost 16 years.

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27.05.2008 20:10:55 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Home sales post unexpected April increase

WASHINGTON -- Sales of new homes rose in April for the first time in six months although the unexpected increase still left activity near the lowest level in 17 years.

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27.05.2008 19:03:52 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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US home prices drop at sharpest rate in 20 years

NEW YORK -- U.S. home prices dropped at the sharpest rate in two decades during the first quarter, a closely watched index showed Tuesday, a somber indication that the housing slump continues to deepen.

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27.05.2008 15:28:45 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Fed Keeps Watch on Wall St. -- From the Inside

In the two months since the government rescue of Bear Stearns, the Federal Reserve has built on the fly a new system of monitoring investment banks, radically redefining the central bank's role overseeing Wall Street.

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27.05.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Emergent BioSolutions To Buy Maker Of Flu Vaccine

Emergent BioSolutions, in a push to diversify beyond its biodefense business, plans to announce today that it is buying Protein Sciences, a maker of a next-generation flu vaccine that federal regulators have put on a fast track to approval.

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27.05.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Stung at the Pumps, More Hop on a Bus

Transit systems that ferry commuters into Washington from outlying regions are experiencing significant ridership increases as some gas prices pass $4 a gallon, and Metro officials caution that trains could be overwhelmed if prices go even higher.

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27.05.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Crude Analysis

Goldman Sachs oil company analyst Arjun N. Murti and commodity analyst Jeffrey Currie are rattling the oil markets -- again.

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27.05.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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New Rules, New Boss for Defense Personnel System

Senior Defense Department officials describe the roll out of the National Security Personnel System as "event driven," a way of saying that it evolves as lessons are learned and fixes are made.

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27.05.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

washingtonpost.com - Business

Pre-Summer Sizzle Heads Into Third Day

3 Families, 4 Months, $26,000 Paid

May consumer confidence falls to near 16-year low

Home sales post unexpected April increase

US home prices drop at sharpest rate in 20 years

Fed Keeps Watch on Wall St. -- From the Inside

Emergent BioSolutions To Buy Maker Of Flu Vaccine

Stung at the Pumps, More Hop on a Bus

Crude Analysis

New Rules, New Boss for Defense Personnel System

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