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          <title>Labor Dept.: Virginia&#8217;s jobless rate falls in October from September</title>
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Virginia&#8217;s unemployment rate for October fell to 6.3 percent from 6.5 percent in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
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          <title>Royal Automotive sold to Salem&#45;based dealership</title>
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For about two years, a heart condition has changed the way Glenn Wood looks at life and business.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Virginia tax collections reflect economy</title>
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Virginians are taking home less pay, spending less in stores and still are getting hit on their investments, new state tax-collection statistics show.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Trustee: 154 salmonella claims filed in peanut case</title>
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A bankruptcy trustee says claims have been filed for 154 people who say they were sickened by a salmonella outbreak traced to a Virginia peanut company.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Smoke&#45;free restaurant law less than two weeks away</title>
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Starting Dec. 1, smoking will be prohibited in restaurants, with some exceptions. Smokers and proprietors who violate the law will face civil penalties of $25.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Albemarle panel OKs wind turbines</title>
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With little hesitation, the Albemarle County Planning Commission sent a formal recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that called for wind turbines to be allowed in the county.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Obama warns of double&#45;dip recession</title>
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President Barack Obama says he&#8217;s worried that spending too much money to help revive the economy could undermine a fragile U.S. recovery and throw the economy into a double-dip recession.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Home construction plunges 10.6 percent in October</title>
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Construction of new homes unexpectedly plunged last month, as builders waited to see whether lawmakers would extend a tax credit for homebuyers.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Small firms scrapping, scaling back health plans</title>
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Across the country, businesses already strapped by the economy to turn a profit are sacrificing or scaling back employee health insurance plans because of their escalating costs.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Loan program for unemployed homeowners proposed</title>
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Rep. Barney Frank said Monday he is pushing a proposal to use some of the interest the government collects from the financial industry bailout to give loans to unemployed homeowners struggling to pay the mortgage.
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          <title>Tobacco executives quickly find tax loophole</title>
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With a simple marketing twist, tobacco companies are avoiding hundreds of millions of dollars a year in taxes by exploiting a loophole in President Barack Obama&#8217;s child health law.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Lynchburg region moves up in economic growth ranking</title>
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The Lynchburg region climbed 11 spaces in a think tank&#8217;s list of top cities for economic growth in the United States.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Retail sales rise 1.4 percent in October</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; U.S. retail sales rose more than expected in October due largely to a big rebound in auto sales. But broader consumer spending remains under pressure, raising questions about the durability of the recovery.           ]]></description>
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          <title>GM reports $1.2 billion loss, says it shows progress</title>
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General Motors Co. said Monday it lost $1.2 billion from the time it left bankruptcy protection through Sept. 30, far better than it has reported in previous quarters and a sign that the auto giant is starting to turn around its business.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Virginia farms saw increased crops in 2008, report says</title>
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A report says Virginia farms saw increased crop yields and cash receipts last year.
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          <title>Bakery rises again at Timberlake location</title>
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Hands that once made birthday cakes for U.S. presidents now whip up chocolate frosting, custard filling, &#233;clairs and donuts in Lynchburg.           ]]></description>
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          <title>BA and Iberia: merger positive for passengers</title>
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LONDON (AP) &#8212; British Airways PLC and Spain&#8217;s Iberia SA talked up the benefits of a proposed $7 billion merger on Friday, dismissing criticisms that the deal could increase fares, reduce competition and drag down service standards at Britain&#8217;s flagship carrier.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Realtors: home prices to rise 4 percent in 2010</title>
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SAN DIEGO (AP) &#8212; Home prices are expected to grow modestly next year and sales will keep rising as the housing market continues to recover from the worst downturn since the Great Depression, the National Association of Realtors said Friday.           ]]></description>
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) &#8212; The world&#8217;s largest cruise ship has arrived in South Florida.           ]]></description>
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NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; The future of Google&#8217;s plans to scan and sell millions of books online could begin to take shape Friday.           ]]></description>
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DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) &#8212; Ford Motor Co. says it plans to sell a new police cruiser vehicle to replace the Crown Victoria once the sedan is phased out of production in 2011.           ]]></description>
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Appalachian Power is revamping its Neighbor-to-Neighbor program to help more customers struggling to pay electricity bills.           ]]></description>
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Three credit unions in Lynchburg now belong to a network that allows its members to use each other&#8217;s ATMs interchangeably, along with 50,000 ATMs nationwide.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Fed: banks need customer consent on overdraft fees</title>
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Banks will have to secure their customers&#8217; consent before charging large overdraft fees on ATM and debit card transactions, according to a new rule announced Thursday by the Federal Reserve.           ]]></description>
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Two General Motors cars due in showrooms next year must be hits to help the automaker turn around sales and pay back its big debt to U.S. taxpayers.           ]]></description>
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Three decades of airline deregulation have helped make air travel more accessible to consumers through lower fares. Now labor unions are questioning whether the industry is paying the price, and the Obama administration is listening.
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The number of homeowners on the brink of losing their homes dipped in October, the third straight monthly decline, as foreclosure-prevention programs helped more borrowers.           ]]></description>
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Americans spent about the same amount in October as in August and September, according to figures released Thursday by a key data service, and they may be settling into new low-spending habits.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Chamber sponsoring China trip to drum up foreign trade</title>
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The Lynchburg Regional Chamber of Commerce next year will sponsor a visit to China, its first international trip.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Virginia, Maryland, Delaware join forces for wind energy</title>
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The governors of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a formal tri-state partnership for the deployment of offshore wind energy in the Middle Atlantic region.           ]]></description>
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          <title>U.S. has 6.1 unemployed workers for each job</title>
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Job openings are at rock-bottom levels, according to government and private surveys released yesterday. It&#8217;s a trend that could keep the unemployment rate high even as layoffs slow.
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          <title>Lynchburg&#45;developed reactors may be key to McDermott International&#8217;s strategy</title>
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McDermott International sees the stars aligning for its small, modular nuclear reactor that is being developed in Lynchburg.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Fewer Of Us Are Upside Down In Our Mortgages</title>
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Many of us know we owe more on our mortgages than our homes are worth. But here&#8217;s a little bit of good news: Values show signs of stabilizing.           ]]></description>
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The nation&#8217;s largest airlines posted a higher on-time arrivals rate in September than last month and in September 2008, a U.S. Department of Transportation report issued today said.           ]]></description>
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Robotic toy hamsters, the latest Barbie dolls and stylish boots are disappearing from store shelves as holiday shoppers start to get serious. But don&#8217;t confuse this with the days of Tickle Me Elmo.           ]]></description>
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A state-run Web site to help streamline the process of starting a business has reached a milestone.           ]]></description>
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One year after filing for bankruptcy protection, Circuit City Stores Inc. is nearly extinct.           ]]></description>
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North Carolina tobacco growers have reached agreement with China on the sale of 52 million pounds of tobacco leaf - a sign of the increasing importance of the Chinese market for tobacco produced in the United States.           ]]></description>
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About a million Maclaren strollers sold by Target and Babies &#8220;R&#8221; Us were recalled Monday, after 12 reports of children having their fingertips amputated by a hinge mechanism.           ]]></description>
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Nokia Corp. announced Monday that some 14 million mobile phone chargers could be dangerous for users and said it will replace them free of charge.           ]]></description>
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The rusted 1950s sign on the front of Eastbrook Grocery suggests an older store, though it&#8217;s only been open for two months.           ]]></description>
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It could take more than a month for federal regulators to decide whether to take action against Babcock &amp; Wilcox for possible violations, officials said Friday.           ]]></description>
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At the height of the nationwide salmonella outbreak nearly a year ago, FBI agents raided two peanut plants and carried away boxes of evidence. FDA inspectors found roaches, mold and a leaky roof. Then, Congress revealed e-mails from the peanut company&#8217;s top executive that seemed to suggest the pursuit of profits over ensuring public safety.           ]]></description>
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A federal judge has turned down a request by the nation&#8217;s No. 2 cigarette-maker and others to immediately halt enforcement of new federal regulations on tobacco products.           ]]></description>
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Today federal regulators will meet with Babcock &amp; Wilcox Company officials to discuss &#8220;apparent violations&#8221; surrounding an event at the company&#8217;s Mt. Athos facility in July.           ]]></description>
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Nearly 16 million people can&#8217;t find jobs even though the worst recession since the Great Depression has apparently ended.           ]]></description>
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Congress took further steps to right the staggering economy by expanding a popular tax credit for homebuyers and extending unemployment checks for the growing legions of people running out of benefits with few job prospects.           ]]></description>
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Virginia can&#8217;t get complacent when it comes to business and economic development, a state economic development leader said.           ]]></description>
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The most common deals under the government&#8217;s $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, aimed at putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road, replaced old Ford or Chevrolet pickups with new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage, according to an analysis of new federal data by The Associated Press.           ]]></description>
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A plan to bring a university-level research facility for engineering to the Lynchburg area &#8212; without the university &#8212; takes a major step forward this week in Bedford County.           ]]></description>
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With the recession apparently over, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday held a key interest rate at a record low and again pledged to keep it there for an &#8220;extended period&#8221; to foster the fragile economic recovery.           ]]></description>
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When Bank of America closes its downtown Lynchburg branch next month, the building&#8217;s owners hope to quickly recruit a new banking tenant.           ]]></description>
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The company that bought the Barr Laboratories facility in Bedford County last year reported on Tuesday that its profits continue to rise.           ]]></description>
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A Maryland agency has given a key approval to a deal between two companies that hope to build an Areva-designed nuclear reactor.           ]]></description>
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For millions of Americans the rule is simple: If you don&#8217;t come to work, you don&#8217;t get paid.           ]]></description>
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Ford, the only Detroit automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter and forecast a &#8220;solidly profitable&#8221; 2011.           ]]></description>
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SPRINGDALE, Ohio &#8212; Ice cream swooshes out of metal nozzles and swirls into 38,000 &#8220;party pails&#8221; per day here, one of many ways Kroger Co. is using its massive manufacturing capability to feed growing demand for low-priced store brands.           ]]></description>
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There&#8217;s something missing from the signs at First National Bank of Altavista.           ]]></description>
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Scott Burton has been named regional advertising director for The News &amp; Advance in Lynchburg.           ]]></description>
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After spending more than a year in the red, Genworth Financial made profits in the third quarter.           ]]></description>
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Continued problems in the auto industry has claimed more jobs in the Tri-Cities region.
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Dominion Virginia Power and its parent company, Dominion Resources Inc., have asked the State Corporation Commission for permission to sell up to $1.5 billion of the power company&#8217;s common stock to Dominion Resources.           ]]></description>
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The health care overhaul bill produced by House Democrats would impose an array of new taxes, fees and government mandates on major players in the health industry, including insurers, doctors and drugs and medical devices makers.           ]]></description>
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A possible early sign that a fragile economic recovery may be under way comes from MeadWestvaco Corp.&#8217;s report of a slight rise in the amount of bleached paperboard it sold in late summer.           ]]></description>
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The conference will be held at 1 p.m. on Nov. 6 at the NRC&#8217;s Region II offices in Atlanta.           ]]></description>
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Senators agreed Wednesday to extend a popular tax credit for first-time homebuyers and to offer a reduced credit to some repeat buyers.           ]]></description>
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An early progress report on President Barack Obama&#8217;s economic recovery plan overstates by thousands the number of jobs created or saved through the stimulus program, a mistake that White House officials promise will be corrected in future reports.           ]]></description>
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A decline in demand is not keeping R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. from raising the list price on its cigarette brands by 6 cents or 8 cents a pack for wholesale customers.           ]]></description>
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The jobless rate in the Lynchburg region dropped for the third month straight in September, Virginia Employment Commission statistics show.           ]]></description>
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Sales of new homes dropped unexpectedly last month as the effects of a temporary tax credit for first-time owners started to wane.           ]]></description>
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On the day after Christmas, nearly 200 people will lose their jobs at Archer Creek Foundry in Campbell County.           ]]></description>
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The National Research Council governing board&#8217;s executive committee will meet next month to discuss the study that would determine whether uranium can be mined and milled safely in Virginia.           ]]></description>
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A Charlottesville company and researchers at the University of Virginia are designing a new turbine that they anticipate will be capable of harnessing wind power across Virginia.           ]]></description>
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Bank of America will close its downtown Lynchburg branch on Dec. 11.           ]]></description>
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After burning through $1 million in savings and seeing no end to their losses, dairy farmers Jake and Lori Slegers figured they didn&#8217;t have much choice - they had to kill the cows.           ]]></description>
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U.S. taxpayers spent about $32 subsidizing the cost of the typical Amtrak passenger in 2008, about four times the rail operator&#8217;s estimate, according to a private study.           ]]></description>
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Bank of the James Financial Group had a non-cash loss of $1.2 million in the third quarter, the Lynchburg company announced Monday.           ]]></description>
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The tax, paid when drivers fill up at the pump, is a major source of funding for local highway and transit improvements.           ]]></description>
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Results from a new economic survey may ease concerns about rising unemployment and its effect on consumer spending, as forecasters say more employers appear willing to hire in the coming months.           ]]></description>
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PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to their TVs using the gaming console, just as Xbox 360 owners have been able to do for a year.           ]]></description>
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Capmark Financial Group, one of the nation&#8217;s largest commercial real estate lenders, has filed for bankruptcy protection amid mounting bad debt.           ]]></description>
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The price at a pump may come as a shock to many Americans already strapped for cash in this recession.           ]]></description>
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Thomas Johnson is carving his dreams out of what could be a bad time for high-end furniture.           ]]></description>
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PORTLAND, Ore. &#8212; The Smart Choices nutrition labeling program, created voluntarily by nine large U.S. manufacturers, is halting after federal regulators said such systems could mislead consumers, officials with the labeling group said Friday.           ]]></description>
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In the third quarter, 580 existing homes sold in the Lynchburg area. That was a 2.4 percent drop from the 594 sales in the third quarter of 2008, according to data released Friday from the Virginia Association of Realtors.
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Statistics released this morning by the Virginia Association of Realtors show that 580 existing homes in the Lynchburg area were sold in the third quarter of 2009, a 2.4 percent drop from 594 homes sold in the third quarter of 2008.           ]]></description>
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The International Paper plant in Lynchburg will not be affected by the closure of three of the company&#8217;s mills, including one in Virginia, a company official said Thursday.           ]]></description>
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The economic heart of the small Tidewater city of Franklin will stop beating next spring when International Paper Inc. will close its mill there and put 1,100 people out of work.           ]]></description>
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Microsoft Corp. put a new edition of Windows on sale Thursday, hoping for a fresh start after a bad reception for the previous version of the software that runs most of the world&#8217;s personal computers.           ]]></description>
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The free-enterprise system is under attack as government gets bigger and more intrusive, and the stakes never have been higher, speakers and panelists said yesterday at the Virginia Chamber of Commerce 2009 Conference on Virginia&#8217;s Future.           ]]></description>
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President Barack Obama unveiled plans to refocus spending of the government&#8217;s $700 billion financial bailout away from Wall Street&#8217;s big financial institutions and toward small businesses on Main Street.           ]]></description>
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Virginia&#8217;s unemployment rate edged higher in September, to a seasonally adjusted rate of 6.7 percent from 6.6 percent in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.=           ]]></description>
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Mohawk Industries will close its Waynesboro plant by the end of the year, leaving its last 120 employees without jobs, the company announced Monday.           ]]></description>
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The parent company of Philip Morris USA reported that quarterly cigarette sales declined compared to 2008, but revenue went up.
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A revised formula for calculating medical costs and geographic variations show that approximately 47.4 million Americans last year lived in poverty, 7 million more than the government&#8217;s official figure.           ]]></description>
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Even with an economic revival, many U.S. jobs lost during the recession may be gone forever and a weak employment market could linger for years.           ]]></description>
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One of Virginia&#8217;s most lauded and long-awaited industrial projects is getting under way, with its priorities shuffled somewhat because of the economic recession.           ]]></description>
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