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MSNBC
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Nearly 60 percent more U.S. homes faced foreclosure in February than in the same month last year, with Nevada, California and Florida showing the highest foreclosure rates, a research firm said Wednesday.
A total of 223,651 homes across the nation rece..
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BusinessWeek
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Verizon Wireless offers unlimited calls for $100 a month, others follow suit, and Wall Street shudders at the prospect of a price war
As a communications consultant, Carlyn Taylor knows her way around a wireless bill. So when her mobile-phone provider,..
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Washington Post
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Unemployment fell in March to 4.4 percent as a rebound in construction hiring helped the economy add 180,000 jobs over the month, a better showing than expected, the government reported today.
Hiring in the education, health care and retail sectors was..
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MSNBC
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Sales of existing homes fell for the sixth straight month in January, dropping to the slowest sales pace on record. Median home prices were also down and many analysts predicted further price declines in the months ahead given high levels of unsold homes...
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MSNBC
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Sales of existing homes fell for the eighth consecutive month in October, with median home prices falling by a record amount. Analysts blamed the worsening housing slump on the credit crunch that hit in August.
The National Association of Realtors repo..
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BusinessWeek
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Sales rebounded slightly last month as Americans opted for smaller cars—or a deep discount on a big SUV
For those automakers producing fuel-efficient cars, May's sales numbers were a rare ray of sunshine breaking the industry's gloom of recent months..
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BusinessWeek
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The stronger-than-expected employment report for the month caps a run of data that leaves the economy poised for a second-quarter bounce
The first day of June brought a fresh round of data that point to stronger growth ahead for the U.S. economy. Repor..
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FOX News
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Consumer prices last month shot up by the largest amount in nearly a year, driven by big increases in the cost of gasoline and other energy products.
The closely watched Consumer Price Index rose 0.6 percent in March, the biggest increase since a simil..
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MSNBC
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Construction of new homes rose for a second straight month in March, providing at least the glimmer of hope that the worst of the housing downturn may be over.
The Commerce Department said that builders started work on 1.518 million new homes at a seas..
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Reuters
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The Wal-Mart Stores Inc. worker fired last month for intercepting a reporter's phone calls says he was part of a larger, sophisticated surveillance operation that included snooping not only on employees, but also on critics, stockholders and the consultin..
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Washington Post
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Inflation quickened last month as consumers paid higher prices at the gasoline pump, the grocery store, clothing shops and the doctor's office, while wages lagged, the Labor Department reported yesterday.
The report added to other recent signs that man..
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Washington Post
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As far as parking spaces go, there wasn't anything special about it. It was off an alley, behind a condominium building, and cost $57 a month to maintain. But on Dec. 29, the spot near Dupont Circle sold for $45,000.
At Brown Street and Meridian Place..
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