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U.S. companies offset losses overseas; Money management units up for sale; States sue over auction-rate bonds; Housing bill passes in House; Policies pose as pro-market; Driving past the biofuel pump; Dept. of Labor tries to ease toxin rules; Privacy suit may change tabloids

Wachova reports loss, cuts 10,000 jobs; GM building electric car infrastructure; GE sees opportunity in Middle East; Women hurt equally by tough economy; Clothes lines: Energy saver or eyesore?; Too many owners lead to gridlock; PACs put the fun in fundraising

Does Roche have Genentech's Rx?; Food companies to feed us higher costs; Gas-tax hike is no holiday for Congress; What's to debate over Fannie, Freddie?; Knit 1, pearl 2, point and click; New jingles may be coins in your pocket; Oh, waiter! Charge it to my PAC

OPEC and the oil crisis; The quirks of doing business in China; Hot Jobs: Boardwalk retailers; Fannie and Freddie shares up again; Will one style of Levi's 501 fly?; IBM service contracts boost profit; Week on Wall Street; Letters from our listeners

Wanna buy an NFL team?; Financials boost mood on Wall Street; Clinton targets cost of malaria meds; Here's how to predict future oil prices; Anything in the pipeline for Russian oil?; EA's Spore makes gamers the creators; Making political points, not profits; Can IndyMac customers get a break?

Fed dilemma: Raise or lower rates?; Wall Street not big on short-selling rule; Dems' new ally in Congress: GOP; Nigeria not a steady oil supplier; Leadership PACs: Key to political funds; We need to build new safety nets; Programming for hearts and minds

Bernanke, Paulson defend rescue plan; GM to cancel dividends, cut more jobs; Rubbermaid shrinking its product line; Africa benefits from commodity costs; Are scalpers a dying breed?; Millions believed stolen from Zimbabawe; Carter's oil crisis warning went unheard; Venezuela squandered oil opportunities

SEC vows crackdown on false rumors; How bad is the future for banks?; Designer goods find new outlets; Iran's oil insecurity runs deep; After Fannie and Freddie, what next?; Hybrids like Fan and Fred are a bad mix; This gecko discovery just might stick

The fallout from Fannie and Freddie; EPA stalls on emission controls; FCC considers Comcast's net blocking; Splitting the check increases the pain; Week on Wall Street; Facebook open to a world of apps; Hot Jobs: Surf instructor; What's the plan for Fannie and Freddie?

Bernanke, Paulson ask for more powers; Fannie Olympics are for sport, not politics; Sites try to market to foreign visitors; An iceberg cowboy, roping for cold cash; Shoppers look to local stores; GE shutting the lights off for 2 divisions; Airlines ask frequent fliers for help

Steve Apple readies App Store for iPhone; A sweet new sugar option; SEC works to rein in raters; Afghanistan's bumpy road to recovery; Getty to snap up Flickr users' pics; Take the politics out of FEMA; Candidates search for election funds

Fed plans new loan rules; SEC reports on rating agencies; Exports to Iran increase despite sanctions; G8 gives clean coal a boost; Search for ideal fuel is nothing new; Learning the value of your land; China scrambles to the finish line; France brushes up on modern art

SEC considers easing accounting rules; Beer takeover attempt heating up; More malls are shopping for tenants; GM looks at cutting jobs, brands; Racing after gay consumers; Cholesterol-lowering drugs for kids?; Teach kids patriotism at shopping camp; American firms opening doors for China

Biofuels to blame for rising food prices; Support for wave energy swells; Zapping trash with man-made lightning; We must reduce super-sized appetites; Week on Wall Street; The myth of energy independence; Day in the Work Life: Bike mechanic

Job market continues to crumble; YouTube ordered to reveal users' info; Small towns go without 'oohs' Winners and losers with a weak dollar; Olympic security deters businesses; No love for tennis from U.S. viewers; Gaming industry's luck runs out; Hot Jobs: Pyrotechnician

Banks brace for Basel II; Congress's summer job: The economy; Welcome to debt!; The end of the beginning; Microsoft still searching for Yahoo; Wal-Mart looks local to save on shipping; An economy gone to the dogs

Consumers hanging up on landlines; Europe wants American tourists back; Paychecks stretch instead of grow; Tainted tomatoes remain a mystery; Landmark lead paint verdict reversed; Was buying Countrywide a good idea?; Letters from our listeners

Marketplace for June 30, 2008

Bull rider can't buck the price of gas; What's the Fed's next move?; Southwest flies past high oil prices; Watch out for senior health care costs; Hot Jobs: Bikini shop manager; Week on Wall Street; Nonprofit gets around subprimes

Sellers won't budge in down market; California unveils climate reforms; U.S. lifts sanctions on North Korea; Bill Gates' management style lives on; Mexican cartels look north for arms; British firms fund Mugabe regime; Villagers accuse China of land grab

California, Illinois sue Countrywide; In-car Internet draws safety concerns; Mortgage crisis may be a blessing; Election ads go nationwide; Barriers to foreign adoption rise; Medicare looks to the free market; The game of wealth management

Consumers sure don't feel like dancin'; More grim news for the housing market; Florida offers sweet deal for Everglades; China wags its finger at the U.S.; Microlending shows up stateside; Google strengthens its ad business; Fake grass business is growing greener

Corn syrup tries to sweeten its image; Campaigns clash over ethanol; The Fed's roadmap to stability; Give GIs a chance, no matter the price; Hands-free law boosts headset sales; The death of the SUV; Zimbabwe's election in jeopardy

Marketplace for June 20, 2008

Bear Stearns execs arrested for fraud; FBI cracks down on mortgage industry; Big Oil plans its return to Iraq; Small businesses turn to credit cards; A look back at the NBA season; Obama says no to public financing; Telecom immunity in new FISA bill; A latte art in a cup

White House eyes offshore oil; Airlines seek savings in rare metals; Is DreamWorks going Bollywood?; Morgan Stanley adds to litany of losses; Economy's down, lipstick's up; U.K. drivers share the load; Stop enabling the speculators; Italy claims land back from the Mafia

Will more Saudi oil help at the pump?; New Chapters in seniors' lives: 7 and 11; High hopes for new Alzheimer's drug; Food crisis solution: Go vegan; The Petrobras way; Hollywood braces for actors strike; Letters from our listeners; Pulling profit from the rubble

Deflating the oil bubble; Construction, fuel jolt energy costs; Businesses prepare for ADA upgrades; Theaters make ends meet with ads; NYSE eyes real-time quotes for all; Mortgage crisis freezes civic projects; Time for incentives that work; Companies gather up their pasts

Time to start counting food, gas costs?; Irish vote will make E.U. deals tougher; MySpace looks for an older crowd; Iowa's woes will overflow its borders; Satisfying a taste for gold; Week on Wall Street; The family feud that changed sports; A waste of money may be worth a lot

Microsoft's out, Google's in; Spending's up, but for how long?; This Bud's going global; Start with spending cuts; The artists among us; The reanimation of Pixar; A life of work in a Pakistani tannery