PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post Business - Aug 27

Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:22am EDT
 
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WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on the front page of its business section on August 28.

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Struggling mortgage giant Fannie Mae shook up its senior management, announcing the departure of its chief financial officer and two other top executives.

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The Federal Communications Commission has spent nearly a year testing devices designed to use empty television channels, known as white spaces, for high-speed Internet service. As those tests near conclusion, the agency is evaluating yet another proposal about the best use of the airwaves.

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About a quarter of the nation's core intelligence workers are contractors, perhaps as many as 37,000 private employees who work side-by-side with civil servants as analysts, technology specialists and mission managers, according to a report about government outsourcing by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

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