PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post Business - Oct 13

WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on the front page of its business section on Oct. 13. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials held high-end meetings with their counterparts in China this week and said on Friday that they expect agreement by December on improving the safety of food exports.

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World Bank officials will hire two independent consultants to investigate complaints about the reliability of HIV test kits in India, they said in response to allegations from a doctor who sounded alarms about faulty products.

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For more than a year, leaders of Sprint Nextel (S.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) have discussed the possibility of relocating the company's headquarters from Reston, Virginia, to Sprint's longtime home in Kansas, according to two former executives.

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IRVINE, Calif. - Good times are over in Orange County, California, heartland of subprime mortgage industry.

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