PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post Business - July 30
WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on the front page of its business section on July 30.
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Landmark report by the Federal Trade Commission finds that the food industry spent $1.6 billion in 2006 marketing mostly soft drinks, fast food and cereal to children.
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A drop in oil prices to a seven-week low and slightly improved consumer confidence helped lift U.S. share prices 2.34 percent in a dramatic upturn in markets after a spate of mortgage and housing troubles.
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