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House Dems on track for vote on $940B health bill (AP)
March 18, 2010
AP - House Democrats are pushing to the brink of passage a landmark, $940 billion health care overhaul bill that would simultaneously deliver on President Barack Obama's promise to expand coverage while slashing the deficit, a strategy aimed at winning over the party's fiscal conservatives.
Owners threaten to shut down New Jersey nuke plant (AP)
March 18, 2010AP - Owners of the nation's oldest nuclear power plant are threatening to shut it down rather than build cooling towers mandated by New Jersey environmental regulators.
Economic mixed bag: No inflation but little hiring (AP)
March 18, 2010
AP - The picture of an economy growing modestly without producing inflation yet struggling to create jobs emerged from government reports Thursday.
Pelosi: GOP, insurers ready to attack health bill (AP)
March 18, 2010AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is predicting an all-out assault by Republicans and the insurance industry as Democrats prepare to push their health care overhaul through Congress.
Tax gains drive profits for homebuilders (AP)
March 18, 2010
AP - It's tax season, and the IRS is being particularly generous to some of the nation's largest homebuilders.
Greece: Will ask for IMF help if EU fails (AP)
March 18, 2010
AP - Greece warned Thursday that it will be forced to turn to the International Monetary Fund if the EU can't agree to a bailout plan next week that will help reduce its market borrowing rates.
Summary Box: Stocks rise on hopes for low rates (AP)
March 18, 2010AP - THE DOW CATCHES UP: The Dow Jones industrial average joined the Standard & Poor's 500 index and the Nasdaq composite index in reaching new highs for 2010. The indexes are at their best levels in about 18 months.
Mass. jobless rate for Feb. holds at 9.5 percent (AP)
March 18, 2010AP - The Massachusetts unemployment rate held steady at 9.5 percent in February.
FedEx profit more than doubles, tops expectations (Reuters)
March 18, 2010
Reuters - FedEx Corp raised its fiscal-year outlook on Thursday after quarterly profit more than doubled, with strong Asian export volumes more than compensating for flat U.S. demand.
Greece urges EU aid, but Germany 'open' to IMF appeal (AFP)
March 18, 2010
AFP - Greece warned on Thursday it could call on the IMF for help unless European leaders offered financial aid next week, with Germany now appearing "open" to the idea as the Greek debt crisis hit the euro.
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