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BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Coy et al.	Why Isn't Big Oil Drilling More? One would expect oil companies to be pumping more oil from existing wells, drilling new wells in current fields, and boosting exploration budgets, yet despite the recent runup in prices, the oil industry is slow to pick up the pace.
AFP eWire June 14, 2004	Letters Needed on New Postal Service Regs---Write Now! The proposed USPS rule would change the guidelines for sending charitable solicitations and would no longer permit charities to distribute letters with dual purposes (education and fundraising). Deadline for letters to refute the exclusive purpose regulations is June 18, 2004.
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Michael J. Mandel	Reagan's Economic Legacy His policies helped spur the 1980s boom and were integral to the high-tech revolution. But the poor paid a price.
InternetNews June 11, 2004 Roy Mark	Last Minute Plea For Line-Sharing Rule Long distance provider AT&T leads charge to convince high court to stay decision forcing long distance carriers to negotiate line access at market rates.
InternetNews June 11, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Offshoring Not Exactly a Tidal Wave Offshoring accounted for less than 2 percent of IT layoffs in the first quarter of 2004, according to the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, which has begun culling which jobs are lost to firms overseas.
PC Magazine June 2, 2004 John R. Quain	Putting Spammers in the Pokey The U.S. government wants you to know that violating its CAN-SPAM law can send you up the river.
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Michael J. Mandel	Reaganomics vs. Rubinomics The heavyweight economy policy debate over the past two decades has been Reaganomics vs. Rubinomics. The two philosophies seem to have fought each other to a draw.
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Catherine Arnst	Cancer Superdrugs, Costly Side Effects New therapies are extending lives, but the prices could weigh down the nation. Oncologists, pharmaceutical companies, and the government will have to focus on the best way to lower prices for these drugs.
InternetNews June 10, 2004 Michael Singer	Trade Group Calls for More Nano IBM and the Semiconductor Industry Association say the government's plan is woefully under funded.
The Motley Fool June 10, 2004 Rich Smith	Big Business' Influential Formula Troubled by government ads promoting breast-feeding, baby formula companies get a controversial reprieve.
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