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Mail It In: The Post Office is Done - FOXBusiness.com
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3/17/2010 4:40:24 PM
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The U.S. Post Office isn’t a publicly traded company. But if it was, the short sellers would be having a field day.
There are simply too many factors blocking a revival of one of the oldest and most venerated of government agencies, the only government agency with its own poem: “Neither rain, nor sl...
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FACT CHECK: Premiums would rise under Obama plan
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3/17/2010 10:28:12 AM
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Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print.
Premiums are likely to keep going up even if the health care bill passes, experts say. If cost controls work as advertised, annual increases would level off with time....
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Barack Obama threatens to withdraw support from wavering Democrats
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3/16/2010 1:52:53 PM
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The president will refuse to make fund-raising visits during November elections to any district whose representative has not backed the bill.
A one-night presidential appearance can bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds which would otherwise take months to accumulate through cold-callin...
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Housing Starts Drop 5.9% to 575,000 Rate
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3/16/2010 9:22:29 AM
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U.S. housing starts and permits to build new homes both fell in February as winter storms in some parts of the country disrupted home building, a government report showed Tuesday.
The Commerce Department said housing starts fell 5.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 575,000 units, reversing t...
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House may try to pass Senate health-care bill without voting on it
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3/16/2010 8:04:26 AM
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After laying the groundwork for a decisive vote this week on the Senate’s health-care bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Monday that she might attempt to pass the measure without having members vote on it.
Instead, Pelosi (D-Calif.) would rely on a procedural sleight of hand: The House...
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