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The record snowfall that has assailed the Washington region is a mere blip in an economic landscape dominated by the recession, experts say. But that is cold comfort to many local businesses forced to shut down and dig out over the weekend just as they hoped to turn the corner toward recovery.
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The nation's largest auto insurer alerted federal safety regulators on numerous occasions starting in 2007 about a rise in reports of unexpected acceleration in Toyotas, according to the insurer, State Farm.
By Peter Whoriskey
The Federal Reserve begins to explain how -- and when -- it will undo the aggressive growth-supporting steps put in place at the start of the recession.
By Neil Irwin
John Thain, who brokered the controversial sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank of America, has been named chairman and chief executive of commercial lender CIT Group.
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