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  June 10, 2003   House to Vote on Measure To Fix Bankruptcy Quirk The House is scheduled to vote on a measure today that would require credit-reporting agencies to change the way involuntary

  June 9, 2003   House Subcommittee to Hold Third FCRA Hearing The House Financial Services Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee will hold the third in a series of hearings on

  June 6, 2003   U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose Last Week to 442,000 U.S. initial filings for state unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week to the highest since the end of April as

  June 5, 2003   Investors Still Expect Fed to Cut Rates The vast U.S. services sector showed a solid rebound in May and mortgage applications surged to a record high last week, but the reports failed

  June 4, 2003 Stalled Asbestos Litigation Bill Faces Test In Public Hearing As the Senate Judiciary Committee planned to open controversial asbestos litigation reform efforts to a public forum today

  June 3, 2003   Report on Manufacturing Drives Up Dow Jones Optimistic reports on manufacturing yesterday temporarily drove the Dow Jones Industrial Average above the 9,000 level for the first time

  June 2, 2003   Hatch to Hold Hearing on Asbestos Litigation Tomorrow Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a Tuesday hearing to consider legislation he introduced aimed at

  May 30, 2003   Court May Grant Creditors' Committee Derivative Standing To Assert Avoidance Actions Rejecting the view of the prior Cybergenics panel opinion, a majority of the Third Circuit

  May 29, 2003   States Prepare To Lobby Congress Over Credit Reporting With hearings under way in the House and the Senate on the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), state governments and their public

  May 28, 2003   Consumer Confidence Climbs, Existing Home Sales Rise The housing market rebounded in April and consumer confidence rose to its highest level in six months in May, providing new hope