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  June 24, 2003   House OKs Bankruptcy Bill for Farmers The House passed legislation (H.R. 2465) on Monday to extend for six months special bankruptcy protections that allow family farmers to hold

  June 23, 2003   Home Foreclosures Hit Record High U.S. mortgages in foreclosure climbed to a record high in the first three months of 2003 as job losses and personal bankruptcies forced more people

  June 20, 2003   Senators Reach Deal on Portion of Asbestos Plan U.S. Senators considering a national fund to compensate asbestos victims on Thursday agreed that insurance payments would not reduce

  June 19, 2003   Fed Expected to Cut Rate Again Federal Reserve officials, concerned there is still no sign of the solid pickup in U.S. economic growth, appear certain to cut their target for

  June 18, 2003   Price Report Eases Deflation Worry A rise in lodging and housing costs pushed underlying U.S. inflation up in May at the fastest rate in nine months, the government said on Tuesday

  June 17, 2003   Family Farmer Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2003 Introduced in the House House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) introduced last Thursday the Family Farmer

  June 16, 2003   Chamber of Commerce, FTC, Congress to Hold FCRA Events This Week The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will host a Tuesday morning forum to release what Chamber officials are calling 'the

  June 13, 2003   Retail Sales Offer Some Hope for Recovery Consumers provided a modest boost to retail sales in May, a somewhat hopeful sign for the economy's revival, the Associated Press reported

  June 12, 2003   Labor Circulates Letter Opposing Hatch's Asbestos Bill Hope for bipartisan support of a proposed asbestos compensation bill took a heavy hit yesterday as the AFL-CIO circulated to

  June 11, 2003   Asbestos Bill Slated For Markup A bill creating a separate court system and a pool for compensation for asbestos-related litigation is tentatively scheduled for a Senate Judiciary