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BusinessWeek September 6, 2004	Blue Collar Janet Zeestraten is not your stereotypical investor. No stock portfolio, T-bills or bonds, just a rapidly appreciating house, a vacation cabin, and a company-run 401(k). But while she's never met a tax cut she dislikes, she's suspicious of GOP motives.
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004	Urban Professional Scott Berrie, 38, considers himself a part of the Investor Class, but is far more concerned about social justice and foreign policy than tax cuts and investment incentives.
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004	On a Fixed Income Pat Consolmagno, 82, is grateful that she and her husband, Joe, have a host of investments, a Florida home that has more than tripled in value, and an annual income of $80,000. But they still feel the pinch of rising costs for groceries, gasoline, prescription drugs, and local taxes.
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004	"We're Going To Come Through This Fine" (extended) Treasury Secretary John Snow sees a very strong underlying U.S. economy. Here's an extended version of edited excerpts from a Q&A that will appear in the Sept. 6 issue of BusinessWeek.
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004 Michael J. Mandel	The Economy: Advantage Bush? Maybe. Clinton won reelection in '96 with similar conditions. Yet there are real differences, as well, that could open up opportunities for Kerry. The biggest imponderable is how the labor market does over the next few months
Wired September 2004 Gary Wolf	Weapons of Mass Mobilization A quiet couple in Berkeley got sick of being ignored by the system. So they built a new one. How MoveOn changed the face of fundraising, brought P2P to political advertising, and reinvented grassroots activism.
AFP eWire August 26, 2004	California Assembly Approves Nonprofit Regulatory Bill The legislation increases certain reporting and disclosure requirements and incorporates some of the standards in the federal Sarbanes-Oxley law regarding corporate accountability. Other states may use it as a model for their own legislation.
InternetNews August 26, 2004 Roy Mark	DoJ Nabs 103 in Online Crime Sweep Ashcroft says summer-long campaign known as Operation Web Snare reveals increasing internationalization of online crime.
Registered Rep. August 26, 2004 Will Leitch	SEC Fines Seven More Broker/Dealers The SEC has nailed some additional broker/dealers for failing to disclose payment relationships they had with companies their research departments covered.
The Motley Fool August 26, 2004 Rich Smith	Energy Crisis Spurs Outsourcing The high cost of natural gas is driving some U.S. companies to move operations abroad.
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