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Honda Clarity’s future is still looking murky
High-profile release — of only 200 a year — will test feasibility of hydrogen power. Full story
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Wary of inflation, Fed won’t change rates
Worried about rising prices for gasoline, groceries and other things? The central bank is too. So policymakers voted to hold rates steady today. Story | Video | Vote
States taking Countrywide to court
As shareholders approve Bank of America purchase, California and Illinois say mortgage giant misled borrowers into taking out risky home loans. Full story
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Eyeing inflation, Fed ends 9-month run of cuts
Signaling inflation is now a greater threat to the economy than recession, the Federal Reserve left short-term interest rates unchanged Wednesday, ending a ten-month spate of rate cuts.
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Corn farmers' hopes dashed by the flood
Across the Corn Belt states of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri, many farmers are looking at a bleak harvest after a planting season that started out with the promise of great riches.
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Report: Budweiser to reject foreign offer
Brewer InBev SA said Wednesday it has secured financing to buy Anheuser-Busch for some $46 billion.
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Honda Clarity’s future still looks murky
Honda’s hydrogen-powered FCX Clarity will be available for lease in July, but only to a very limited number of customers in California. Is new fuel the answer to drivers’ dreams?
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Economists worrying about holiday shopping
The holiday shopping season is still months away, but a growing number of economists are predicting that it could even be worse than last year — which is to say, disastrous.
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New-home sales, prices tumble further
Sales of new homes tumbled for the sixth time in seven months in May while median prices kept plunging, underscoring the depth of the nation’s housing woes.
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Workers list unhappy events from happy hour
One in five U.S. workers regularly attends after-work drinks with co-workers, where the most common mishaps range from bad-mouthing another worker to kissing a colleague.
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House OKs alternative minimum tax relief
The House voted Wednesday to protect more than 20 million mostly upper-income taxpayers in danger of being slapped with a tax increase averaging $2,300 because of the alternative minimum tax.
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Tomato scare means business for local growers
Small and local tomato farmers across the country are enjoying boom times as consumers spurn grocery store offerings because of the salmonella scare.
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