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In Suburban vs. City Living, the City Costs Less (Jul-2, 21:30 EDT )-- An assessment meant to mirror a decision a family of four in the New York metropolitan area might face found that suburban living cost 18 percent more than urban living.


Soda Tax in N.Y. a Victim of Industry Campaign (Jul-2, 21:30 EDT )-- A proposed tax on sweet drinks that the beverage industry portrayed as a money grab has been abandoned.


White House Memo: Spend or Scrimp? Two Sides in White House Debate (Jul-2, 21:24 EDT )-- The Obama White House is contending with a policy battle that was last waged under President Bill Clinton.


Recovery Slows With Weak Job Creation in June (Jul-2, 21:10 EDT )-- With the economy slowing â€" housing sales plummeted, while earnings and hours worked ticked downward last month â€" the stakes grow larger, economically and politically.


Payback Time: Budget in the Red, Illinois Has Stopped Paying Bills (Jul-2, 21:10 EDT )-- Illinois’s borrow-and-spend mentality has led it to the brink, but still lawmakers opt not to cut budgets or raise taxes.


Talking Business: On Financial Crisis, Hearings That Aren’t Just Theater (Jul-2, 20:40 EDT )-- Members of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission wield a kind of understated pointedness that is more effective than a dozen angry diatribes.


Apple Confesses to Flaw in iPhone’s Signal Meter (Jul-2, 20:40 EDT )-- In response to complaints, Apple said it would fix the way the signal strength is displayed on the new iPhone.


Your Money: Looks Like a Bank, Sounds Like a Bank, but Isn’t, Quite (Jul-2, 20:40 EDT )-- Some companies, while offering attractive rewards and interest rates on savings, play up the fact that they aren’t banks. Well, not exactly anyway.


G.M. Is Said to Consider Filing in August for Offering (Jul-2, 20:40 EDT )-- The company, which emerged from bankruptcy last July, is seeking to repay billions of dollars in government loans.


Obama Announces $800 Million to Expand Broadband (Jul-2, 20:30 EDT )-- The president said 66 new infrastructure projects would create 5,000 jobs and encourage economic development in rural and low-income areas.


Markets Head Into Holiday on a Losing Streak (Jul-2, 20:18 EDT )-- With an overall decline of 5 percent, it was the first week without a gain since the depths of the financial crisis.


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