Posted on August 1st, 2008, 17:54
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House Passes Veterans, Military Base Spending Bill, Breaks for Rest of - FOX News WASHINGTON — Lawmakers sped for the exits Friday as Congress was to begin a five-week recess after a summer session noteworthy for bitter partisanship and paralysis on the issue topmost in the minds of many voters: the cost of gasoline. As its last Source: www.foxnews.com Chevron 2nd-Quarter Profit Rises Less Than Estimated (Update5) - Bloomberg Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Chevron Corp. , the second-largest U.S. oil producer, posted a smaller profit increase than analysts estimated after output fell and the company's refineries lost more than $8 million a day. Chevron failed to take full advantage Source: www.bloomberg.com US lawmakers head home after impasse on gas prices - CNBC WASHINGTON - Lawmakers sped for the exits Friday as Congress was to begin a five-week recess after a summer session noteworthy for bitter partisanship and paralysis on the issue topmost in the minds of many U.S voters: the cost of gasoline. As its Source: www.cnbc.com Report: U.S. 'wasted' $560 million on Iraq repairs - CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States has "wasted" more than half a billion dollars in Iraq repairing facilities that were damaged because of poor security, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction says in a report released Wednesday Source: www.cnn.com |