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General Motors, Chrysler and Nissan reported strong year-over-year gains in U.S. auto sales for August as the industry shook off weak sales in July.

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Mets-Einhorn Deal Falls Through
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Banks Agree to Deal on Mortgages

The mortgage industry will clean up some controversial practices under a deal between a New York regulator and three firms, including Goldman Sachs.
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BP Raid Continues in Moscow
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Retailers Tally Storm Impact
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U.S. Sues to Stop AT&T; Deal
The Justice Department sued to block AT&T;'s proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile, a surprisingly swift move that dealt a blow to AT&T;'s ambition to build the largest U.S. cellphone carrier.
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A Slow Liftoff for Space Tourism
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Housing Chief Takes Tough Stance
How aggressively the Obama administration moves to provide more aid to the slumping housing market depends on how strongly it is willing to twist the arm of Edward J. DeMarco.
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Post-'60s liberals, with the president as their standard bearer, seek to make a virtue of decline.
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'Frustration' in Paterson
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9/11 Funds for Business Go Unclaimed

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Careers

Standing Desks on the Rise
A growing number of workers in Silicon Valley are trading in their sit-down desks for standing ones, amid medical reports that sitting for too long leads to increased health risks.
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Pleasure Boats Offer Shelter in Rough Times
Some Bay Area residents, buffeted by the weak economy and high housing costs, are deciding to live full time on boats they purchased for pleasure in better times.
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For some entrepreneurs, Mother Nature is also the mother of invention. Many have come up with new ways to tackle the problems brought on by disasters—including, of course, Hurricane Irene.
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Buffett Is Buying Banks? Five Burning Questions
When Warren Buffett starts extracting payday-loan returns from beaten-down Wall Street hardship cases, as he did last week with a $5 billion investment in Bank of America, it makes me nervous.
For Entrepreneurs, Disaster Brings Eureka
For some entrepreneurs, Mother Nature is also the mother of invention. Many have come up with new ways to tackle the problems brought on by disasters—including, of course, Hurricane Irene.
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Tallying the Economic Toll of 9/11
Putting a price tag on the human toll from 9/11 is impossible. But with the hindsight of a decade, one can begin to tally the quantifiable economic costs of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, writes David Wessel.
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Project Plus-Size
The fashion industry is trying new tricks to win over shoppers and address a perplexing gap: Although at least one-third of American women are plus-size, sales of plus-size clothing hover around 15% of women's apparel sales.
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