WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The deepest U.S. recession since the Great Depression showed signs of easing in the second quarter, buttressing hopes for a second-half recovery, though it may be anemic as consumers are still strapped for cash. Go here to see the original: U.S. economy shrinks modestly
Tagged economy-shrinks, for-cash, hopes-for, second, shrinks, since-the-great, still-strapped, though-it-mayPolitico – House Speaker’s message: one part pro-consumer, one part attacking the health insurance industry. Originally posted here: Pelosi outlines August plan of attack (Politico)
Tagged attacking-the, attacking-the-health, august, health, health-insurance, house, house-speaker, one-part, pelosi, posted-hereThat’s a legitimate excuse for one high-school student whose notes for a homework assignment vanished when the online retailer remotely deleted digital copies of George Orwell’s “1984,” off consumers’ Kindle devices. View original post here: Amazon.com sued over deleted digital book copies
Tagged a-homework-assignment, amazon-com, book-copies, deleted-digital, george-orwell, homework-assignment, kindle, off-consumers, original-post, sued-over, the-onlineABC News White House Keeps Pushing Depleted ‘Clunkers’ Program as Senate … FOXNews The White House continues to encourage consumers to take advantage of the popular but financial strapped “cash for clunkers”car purchases program despite mounting Senate opposition to providing additional funding. July 27: A car is thrown in …
Tagged abc, but-financial, car-purchases, encourage-consumers, keeps, keeps-pushing, popular, program-as-senate, program-despite, providing-additional, senate, take-advantage, the-popular, white, white-houseBest Buy will face stiff competition if it ever tries to penetrate the UK market, as this hidden camera investigation into peeping tom computer repair shops reveals. A Sky News hidden camera investigation finds computer techs snooping through and downloading to thumb drive private photo folders, and even trying …
Tagged and-even, camera-investigation, hidden, hidden-camera, into-peeping, penetrate-the, private-photo, repair-shops, through-and, thumb-drive, trying, will-faceAFP – The US House of Representatives voted on Friday to pump another two billion dollars into a program that pays consumers to trade in gas-guzzling cars and trucks for more efficient vehicles. More: US nears two-billion-dollar injection for car trade scheme (AFP)
Tagged car-trade, dollars-into, friday, house, injection-for, more-efficient, nears-two-billion-dollar, pays-consumers, representatives, trucks-for, two-billion, voted-on-fridayNEW YORK (Reuters) – Bank of America Corp said on Friday three directors had resigned, the latest in a series of departures at the bank at a time when it is shaking up its board at the behest of the government. Continue reading here: Bank of America board loses three …
Tagged a-board-loses, america, america-corp-, bank, board-loses, government, had-resigned, reading-here, said-on-friday, the-bank, three-directors, yorkAP – Little things nagged at Cindy Dion while her son’s girlfriend, Julie Corey, was pregnant: One month Corey said she was four months’ pregnant the next it was eight. Read more here: Family believed baby cut from womb was theirs (AP)
Tagged cindy-dion, cut-from, family, family-believed, julie, little, months, nagged-at-cindy, said-she, things-naggedWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats pushed forward healthcare reform legislation in a key congressional panel on Friday but the battle over President Barack Obama’s top domestic policy goal looked ready to move outside Washington as lawmakers prepared for a month-long break. View original post here: Health reform gets House boost, battle …
Tagged a-key-congressiona, battle, battle-over, but-the, democrats, health, move-outside, obama, policy-goal, president, president-barack, pushed-forward, reform-gets, top-domesticIn a triumph for President Obama, Democrats narrowly pushed sweeping health care legislation through a key congressional committee …
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