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July 27, 2004 U.S. Pension Agency Warns United on Payment Deferral The U.S. agency that insures pensions warned United Airlines on Monday that its plan to stop pension payments while it tries to

July 26, 2004 FSC/ETI Expected To Languish Over Recess         Little progress is expected during the August recess on the corporate tax bill that repeals the foreign sales corporation

July 23, 2004 Senate Democrats Tell Frist They Would Consider $104 Billion Asbestos Fund Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and other key Democrats told Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R

July 22, 2004 Greenspan Urges Passage of Some Bankruptcy Reforms Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Wednesday urged stand-alone passage of 'netting' provisions of long-stalled bankruptcy

July 21, 2004 Greenspan Says Rates Could Rise Quickly Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday that the economic expansion appears to be 'self-sustaining,' and warned that interest

July 19, 2004 Asbestos Talks Resume Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) are expected to meet this week in an effort to jumpstart the long-stalled

July 16, 2004 Senate's Frist Wants $140 Billion Asbestos Fund Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) proposes to resolve legal claims over asbestos exposure with a $140 billion industry-financed

July 15, 2004 Jobless Claims Rise More Than Expected The number of Americans filing initial claims for jobless pay grew more than expected last week, government data showed today, Reuters reported

July 14, 2004 Retail Sales: Larger-than-expected Fall U.S. retail sales slid a larger-than-expected 1.1 percent in June, the Commerce Department said today, Reuters reported. The June decline was the

July 13, 2004 Leucadia to Seek Approval to Buy Control of MCI Investment company Leucadia National Corp. plans to seek approval to buy at least half of MCI Inc., marking the first potential takeover