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PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post Business - June 14

14 Jun 2007 04:19:26 GMT
Source: Reuters

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

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Allies of the U.S. auto industry stepped up a campaign to soften strict vehicle fuel-efficiency mandates in proposed energy legislation before the Senate, even as momentum for the tougher measures continued to build.

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After months of insisting that China allow the market to set the value of its currency or risk damaging the world economy, the Bush administration Wednesday declined to brand China a currency manipulator.

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Sprint Nextel <S.N> said it will acquire affiliate Northern PCS in a deal worth $312.5 million, the seventh such purchase for the wireless company in the past two years.

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