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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Business - 44 minutes ago
Joann Gaskins panicked. After absorbing a steady drumbeat of bad news about bank runs, bank collapses and bankruptcies, she arrived at a Manassas branch of faltering Wachovia Bank minutes before it opened Sept. 17 …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Technology - 22 hours ago
Patricia Ohlemiller packed up her Edmund Scientific Astroscan telescope last week and headed to the Gaithersburg iSold It eBay drop-off center. She hoped to recoup $150, minus commission, of its original $350 value.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro - 24 hours ago
Even as the personal price tag for a $700 billion-plus bailout sinks in, even as retirement funds shrivel and businesspeople quake, the conversation among many ordinary citizens seems muted in recent days when compared …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Real Estate - Oct 10, 2008
The average rate on 30-year mortgages fell below 6 percent this week, its first decline in three weeks.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Business Policy - Oct 9, 2008
Stocks got a brief respite during early trading today, but soon fell into the red again and the Dow Jones industrial average this afternoon dipped below the 9,000 mark as nervous investors dismissed stronger than …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Business - Oct 9, 2008
Stocks got a brief respite during early trading today, but soon fell into the red again as nervous investors dismissed stronger than expected earnings report from bellwether International Business Machines.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro - Oct 9, 2008
The 53 peaceful political activists wrongly classified by the Maryland State Police as terrorists will not be allowed to keep paper copies of their files or review them with their attorneys, the agency said yesterday.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Business - Oct 9, 2008
LONDON, Oct. 8 -- Tony Frederick doesn't have any money in the bank. He's "not one for savin'," explained the upbeat east London building contractor.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Business - Oct 9, 2008
NASHVILLE, Oct. 8 -- It was a late night for John McCain's campaign -- a post-debate repast of karaoke until the wee hours of the rain-soaked morning. They sang neither in celebration nor to drown their sorrows …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Business - Oct 9, 2008
Wall Street brushed off the Federal Reserve's latest attempt to stem the financial crisis yesterday, taking wild swings before stocks plunged deep into the red.
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