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feature Economy down, lottery tickets up; The stock market's new volatility; Electronic bill paying reaches new threshold; The world's largest employers; World Bank says U.S. business faces light regulatory burden
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feature In Warren Buffett we trust; China faces shortage of factory workers; Burger King’s customized wrapper; Nine of 10 companies would rehire former employees; Sharp slowdown for shipyards
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feature High rates for credit cards; Early withdrawals at Fidelity; Good times for the Vice Fund; Ad sales up for cable-TV networks; A new option for coach passengers
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feature Homeowners pay off principal; iPad's gross profit margin; Westminster Kennel Club's high fees; Jersey Shore a boon to Viacom; Lopsided wireless usage at AT&T
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feature Prescription- and generic-drug sales rise; Wall Street resumes hiring; Last sardine-canning plant to close; Federal government a player in D.C. real estate market; Airline industry faces long economic recovery
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feature The cost of staying wired; Credit card use drops; Time Inc.'s golden goose; Mortgage Bankers Association takes a loss; M.B.A.’s head for health care
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feature To come for Fannie and Freddie: $389 billion; Number of millionaires rises; Jets nix offer from adultery-oriented website; No taxes for heirs of billionaire; Health-care costs in 2011
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feature No income tax for 47 percent of U.S. households; U.S. auto sales slip by 23 percent; "Ancillary revenue” for U.S. airlines up by 276 percent; Sales of smart phones show 15 percent rise; Wal-Mart to expand Bodega Express stores<
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feature The FDIC's empty coffers; Bank of America to suspend dealings with ACORN; Fisker Automotive awarded $529 million federal loan;
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feature Unemployment rate of 16- to 24-year-olds tops 18 percent; A $1.6 billion reduction in news gathering operations; Old-fashioned railroad ranks among the hottest IPOs; Outstanding consumer credit continues to fall; Aid from foreign workers dwarfs a
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feature Home builder Habitat for Humanity now in eighth place; GM's sales in China outstrip sales in U.S.; Target to roll out designer diapers; U.S. loses top spot as world's most competitive economy; Sales of bottled water fall
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feature July gains for the stock indexes; State debt swells by 10.3 percent; Will Murdoch bid for the Rangers?; BP’s U.S. filling stations may rebrand; AT&T and Verizon target Visa and MasterCard
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feature Where CEOs gain at shareholders' expense; Job market a boon for graduate schools; Kodachrome retires; Investors bet on merger surge; No vacation for 51 percent of business owners
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feature Carry-on baggage becomes a source of revenue; IRS downsizes audits of large corporations; Gas prices rise 4 cents a gallon; U.S. employees shoulder greater workloads; Rising tobacco taxes trigger cigarette smuggling
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