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Pentagon Auditors Pressured To Favor Contractors, GAO Says
Auditors at a Pentagon oversight agency were pressured by supervisors to skew their reports on major defense contractors to make them look more favorable instead of exposing wrongdoing and charges of overbilling, according to an 80-page report released yesterday by the Government Accountability...
Huge Housing Bill Set to Become Law
The House yesterday easily approved legislation that seeks to slow the steepest slide in house prices in a generation, rescue hundreds of thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure and reassure global markets that mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will not be allowed to fail.
Business Policy Headlines
Hill Budget Chief Weighs Odds, Cost Of Rescue Plan: Fannie, Freddie Could Need $100 Billion or Not a Cent (Post, July 23, 2008; Page D01)
U.S. Rushes to Change Workplace Toxin Rules (Post, July 23, 2008; Page A01)
Ex-EPA Official Says White House Pulled Rank: Administration Ordered Calif. Emissions Plan Quashed, Former Deputy Testifies (Post, July 23, 2008; Page A04)
Cuba Democracy Groups Facing Audits After Reports of Fraud (Post, July 23, 2008; Page A13)
Mortgage Crisis Reverses Tide of Urban Renewal: As vote on housing bill nears, Congress wrestles with whether to help ailing neighborhoods like Baltimore's Reservoir Hill. (Post, July 22, 2008; Page D01)
In Immigration Cases, Employers Feel the Pressure: But Critics Fault Laws as Ineffective (Post, July 21, 2008; Page A01)
Freddie Mac Paves Way For Major Stock Sale: Multibillion-Dollar Offering Would Help Balance Sheet (Post, July 19, 2008; Page D01)
Stopping Killer Counterfeits (Post, July 19, 2008; Page A15)
WTO Challenges China on Tariffs: Duties Levied on Auto Parts Ruled Unfair (Post, July 19, 2008; Page D03)
Warming Is Major Threat To Humans, EPA Warns (Post, July 18, 2008; Page A01)
Put a Caipirinha in Your Tank (By Al Kamen, July 18, 2008; Page A15)
All Tomatoes Cleared of Salmonella Risk, Officials Say (Post, July 18, 2008; Page D01)
Republicans Push Back As Paulson Urges Aid For Mortgage Giants (Post, July 17, 2008; Page D01)
Figures in Both Campaigns Have Deep Ties to Mortgage Giants (Post, July 17, 2008; Page A06)
Stocks Rebound Despite Big Jump In June Inflation: Financial Shares Post Double-Digit Gains (Post, July 17, 2008; Page A01)
Slowing Economy Gives Way to Global Role Reversals (Post, July 17, 2008; Page D01)
Mortgage Giants' Aid Faces GOP Skepticism: Bush, Paulson Urge Congress to Pass Bill (Post, July 16, 2008; Page D01)
Bush Attempts to Allay Fears About the Economy (Post, July 16, 2008; Page A11)
Let Them Fend for Themselves (By Franklin D. Raines, July 16, 2008; Page A17)
More Stories
Montgomery in Grip of Foreclosure Crisis: Heavily Populated Areas Hit Hardest; Germantown, Olney Seen as Next Hot Spots (Post, July 24, 2008; Page GZ01)
Task Force To Coordinate Environmental Programs (Post, July 24, 2008; Page GZ03)
Unions To Lodge Complaint (Post, July 24, 2008; Page PG03)
Business Group Aims to Burnish County's Image Across Region: Bad Press Undermining Assets, Advocates Say (Post, July 24, 2008; Page PW01)
Montgomery Might Steer Large Vehicles Elsewhere (Post, July 22, 2008; Page A01)
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