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April 15, 2004 Jobless Claims Rise More Than Expected The number of Americans filing initial claims for jobless aid rose more than the expected 30,000 last week, the biggest jump in over a year

April 14, 2004 California Power Market Vulnerable To Manipulation Report Says California's electricity trading market remains vulnerable to manipulative strategies linked to its 2000-01 energy crisis

April 13, 2004 Proposed Georgia Law Would Crack Down on Payday Lenders Georgia would enact one of the nation's toughest laws against 'payday lenders' if Gov. Sonny Perdue signs a bill state lawmakers

April 12, 2004 Kerry Uses 'Misery Index' to Criticize Bush on Economy Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Sunday focused on President Bush's economic record of 'middle class misery,'

April 9, 2004 Senate Passes Pension Relief The Senate sent to the president yesterday a pension bill conference report that could save businesses $80 billion in pension payments over the next two

  April 8, 2004 Senate Heads Toward Vote On Pension Bill The Senate is expected to vote on the pension bill conference report this afternoon, leaving Republican backers of the bill optimistic that

  April 7, 2004 ASBESTOS LEGISLATION Frist Plans New Effort On Asbestos Litigation Legislation Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) was reportedly planning to introduce legislation overhauling

  April 6, 2004 Pension Bill Backers Seek To Corral Democratic Votes In Senate Businesses that would benefit from the $80 billion in pension payment breaks included in House-passed legislation are

  April 5, 2004 Pension Bill Passes House, But Senate Opposition Looms A conference agreement on pension legislation passed the House on a 336-69 vote on Friday, but faces an uncertain fate in the

April 02, 2004 House To Vote On Pension Bill Today, Senate Uncertain  The House will vote today on the pension bill conference report, a measure expected to pass that chamber but encounter stiff