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How Losing Is A Profitable Game In Baseball (Aug-28, 09:34 EDT )-- You'd think times would be pretty tough for the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates, but the worst team in baseball has figured out a winning strategy for making money.


Adding Taxes, Shedding Secrecy (Aug-28, 07:40 EDT )-- Andorra has relied on banking secrecy, tourism and duty-free trade. But lately, those engines of growth have begun to backfire, forcing the small European country to find new sources of revenue.


Fed Offers Higher Ground In Economic Mudslide (Aug-28, 07:00 EDT )-- It's not a good sign when lower economic growth figures count as good news because Wall Street was expecting them to be even worse. But markets took encouragement Friday from Federal Reserve Board Chair Ben Bernanke's pledge of support if the recovery...


A Swing To The Other Extreme Strangles Housing (Aug-28, 07:00 EDT )-- Another sign of the weak economy came earlier this week when figures were released showing that sales of existing homes were down 27 percent in July. It's the result of a collision of factors that have all but ground the housing market to a halt. Host...


Stocks and Bonds: A Sell-Off of Bonds Despite Assurances From Bernanke (Aug-28, 01:35 EDT )-- Shares rose after the latest revision in the second-quarter growth came in slightly better than expected, but the market still posted a losing week.


Paying A Local Price For I-95's Global Promise (Aug-28, 00:32 EDT )-- Interstates changed the way we think about cities. The highways helped create the suburbs, the megalopolis and the 90-minute commute.  In return, Interstate 95 demanded sacrifices that changed some communities forever.


United-Continental Merger Clears Federal Hurdle (Aug-27, 23:40 EDT )-- With a Justice Department review finished, the airlines expect to complete their $3 billion merger within weeks.


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