Consumer
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Rising energy prices are leading another jump in overall consumer prices.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rising energy prices are leading another jump in overall consumer prices. The Labor Department reports that its Consumer Price Index rose by three-tenths of one percent last month, the second straight month at that level of increase.
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Geithner Defends Small Business Proposal
Treasury Secretary Geithner visits Capitol Hill to defend Obama from critics on both sides of the aisle.
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What Taxes Will States Turn to Next?
From 'Sin Taxes' to complete overhauls, cash-strapped states are desperate for more revenue.
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Blackberry Wants to Move Into Social Networking
You Soon Could be Downloading Songs or Facebooking on Your BlackBerry. The maker of the device is blue-skying about ways to get more consumers addicted to the mobile device than just it's current legions of business users.
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GM, UAW Seek Pacts for Ex-Delphi Plants
Union workers at a Michigan plant - one of four General Motors Co. locations that formerly were owned by Delphi Corp. - are scheduled to vote again this week on a contract that they have soundly rejected in an earlier ballot.
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Predatory Lending Targeting Elderly Investigated in California
California is cracking down on mortgage companies accused of manipulating people into mortgages they can't afford. Authorities have filed a lawsuit and made seven arrests in a fraud case involving seven companies and thousands of homebuyers in southern California The attorney general's office is seeking penalties and restitution of more than 20-million dollars in the bait-and-switch scam led by 25 year old real estate agent Eric Pony.
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TARP: Government Bailout Failed in Many Ways, Says Watchdog
Special Inspector General says unemployment, foreclosures are still too high.
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Greenhouse Gas Study Brings Millions to NY
New York and seven other states will share more than 60 million dollars in federal money allocated for studying greenhouse gas storage alternatives
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IIHS Crash Test Results
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety puts 9 SUVs to the test.
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Gas-Prices-Reasons
The Iraq invasion, the eastern seaboard blackout of August 2003 and hurricane Katrina all have contributed to gasoline price hikes across the country.
