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New Europe Returns to Old Habits
Two summers ago, I returned from a visit to Eastern Europe convinced that Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic were on the fast track to prosperity. It seemed to me — and virtually every one of the Western business executives I spoke with — that these countries had tasted enough of…
Steven Pearlstein
2 Md. Counties Gain Verizon Fiber-Optic TV
The Montgomery and Prince George's county councils approved agreements yesterday allowing Verizon Communications Inc. to begin selling its fiber-optic television service, ushering in competition and the possibility of lower prices for thousands of cable viewers in suburban Maryland.
Cameron W. Barr and Michael S. Rosenwald
Economy Expands by 2.2 Percent in 3Q
The U.S. economy grew faster than previously thought from July through September, as consumers and businesses boosted their spending enough to more than offset the downturn in the housing market.
Howard Schneider and Nell Henderson
Supreme Court Takes Up Global Warming
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court stepped gingerly into the national debate over global warming on Wednesday, asking how much harm would occur if the Environmental Protection Agency continues its refusal to regulate greenhouse gases from new vehicles.
MARK SHERMAN
Home Prices Fell at Record Pace in October
U.S. existing home prices dropped a record 3.5 percent last month, compared with the same month a year earlier, while the total number of residences sold fell 11.5 percent compared with October 2005, according to an industry report released yesterday.
Bill Brubaker
Court Debates National Bank Regulation
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to push aside Michigan regulators in a confrontation of state versus federal authority in the financial sector.
PETE YOST
Lucas Sues Maryland Firm Over Lightsaber Knockoff
Lucasfilm Ltd., the film-production company of "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, said it sued a Maryland man and his novelty company for making lightsaber replicas without permission.
Jeff St. Onge
Ford Says 38,000 Have Taken Buyouts
DETROIT — Almost half of Ford Motor Co.'s hourly production workers _ 38,000 so far this year _ have accepted buyouts or early retirement offers as the nation's second biggest automaker shrinks in the face of multibillion-dollar losses and fierce competition from Asian carmakers.
SVEN GUSTAFSON
Dollar at 20-Month Low vs. The Euro
NEW YORK, Nov. 28 — The U.S. dollar fell to a 20-month low against the euro Tuesday, the latest development in a year-long currency readjustment that could make some imported goods more expensive, but could also help American workers by boosting exports.
Peter S. Goodman and Nell Henderson
Economics Experts Join Romney's PAC
He hasn't even formed his presidential exploratory committee, but Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) has already signed up an economic brain trust to advise him, led by two former chairmen of President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers.
Dan Balz and Zachary A. Goldfarb
Taking the Long View on Vista
After five years of development and repeated delays, Microsoft is releasing its Windows Vista operating system for sale to corporate customers tomorrow.
Alan Sipress
Fed Beige Book-moderate growth in most areas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most areas of the United Statesreported moderate economic growth through the first weeks ofNovember and labor markets were tight in many regions, theFederal Reserve said on Wednesday.
Mark Felsenthal
Fed Chief Optimistic of Soft Landing
The nation's central bank is growing more confident that the U.S. economy will slow gradually in a way that should cause inflation to decline without tipping the nation into a recession, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday.
Nell Henderson
WRC Cuts Change Face Of Local News
One by one, Washington's most popular news station is shedding the people who have helped make it Washington's most popular news station.
Paul Farhi