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PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post Business - Dec 14

Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:33pm EST

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on the front page of its business section on Dec. 14. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Bonds

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The Senate passed an energy bill with overwhelming bipartisan support but only after a Republican filibuster threat forced Democratic leaders to ditch the bill's tax package.

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Hundreds of thousands of minority and moderate-income home buyers would become eligible to get low-rate, low-down-payment mortgages insured by the federal government under an agreement struck Thursday in the Senate.

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Democrats escalated attacks on the National Labor Relations Board at a congressional hearing, accusing the panel's Republican majority of turning the nation's labor laws "inside out" by making it harder for workers to form unions.

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