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Uncle Sam’s rentals
The Obama administration proposes turning thousands of government-owned foreclosures into rental properties to help boost falling home prices…
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Top dogs
Apple surpassed Exxon on Tuesday, at least for a while, as America’s most valuable company. However, Apple’s market…
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Biz Buzz
Standard & Poorer: Stocks fell with a thud Monday after Friday’s decision by credit rating agency Standard &…
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Riding in style
Hygiene at 30,000 feet: All Nippon Airways, which is taking the first delivery of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, provided…
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We all have some ‘splainin’ to do
Should have done the extra credit: Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s, unimpressed with the deficit reduction deal…
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Animal Planet
Try some Jackson Browne: Animal trainers say a beluga whale was probably reacting more to the movement of…
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The wonderful Wizard of Ooze
Oh, great and powerful McGinn: Officials with the city of Marysville and the Tulalip Tribes have sent a…
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Tickle the ivories in Everett
Everett’s popular Street Tunes program returns today, with 10 pianos rolled onto downtown sidewalks for your playing and…
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Myspace program
This space for rent: Two Orange County, Calif., brothers, Tim and Chris Vanderhook, settled into their new offices…
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Ceiling whacks, cabbages and kings
There, I fixed it: With potential default looming hours away, congressional leaders and President Barack Obama struck a…
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Triple threat
At 83 years of age and fresh from an eight-year stint in the joint for corruption, former Louisiana…
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Congressman Nero
House Speaker John Boehner called off a vote late Wednesday on his proposal to raise the federal government’s…
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Organize
Workers at IKEA’s factory in Virginia voted to join a union — the International Association of Machinists and…
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Office space
A survey on workplace Web-surfing habits finds that a lot of people are convinced their co-workers look at…
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Yes, minister
With the deadline a week away, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner went on television Monday…
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Litterbugs
Litterbugs Because of budget problems, the state is curtailing roadside litter collection. This will surely mean more unsightly…
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‘John, pick up’
‘John, pick up’ After he broke off debt-reduction talks with President Barack Obama on Friday, House Speaker John…
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F for fake
Product piracy in China has advanced to new heights with reports of a fake Apple store in the…
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What’s in a name
After a prototype was inadvertently published on the Web last week, the world learned that Microsoft is working…
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Ethics schmethics
Ivyleaks: A Harvard University fellow studying ethics is accused of hacking into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s computer…