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Commerce Dept. Report Shows Economic Growth is Slowing

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The Commerce Dept. released its report Friday on the second quarter gross domestic product, the output of U.S. goods and services. From April to June the economy grew at 2.4 percent, a decline from the 3.7 percent measured from January to March.
read Second Quarter 2010 GDP Report    read AP: Recovery loses speed....

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Pres. Obama Remarks on Auto Industry at Chrysler and GM (July 30, 2010)
Pres. Obama Remarks on Auto Industry at Chrysler and GM President Obama traveled to Detroit to visit GM and Chrysler plants and to discuss the auto industry’s progress since the federal bailout last year. He expressed confidence in the industry and reassured taxpayers that “we are going to get back all the money that we invested in those car companies.”
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