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The Hindu Caravan to make Gulf Coast trip in support of local businesses CNN “As a small business owner, I can't imagine how I'd support the people who depend on me. We can do something. We can become tourists with a purpose

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Caravan to make Gulf Coast trip in support of local businesses – CNN

State and municipal worker layoffs are playing a larger role in dragging down the economy, economists say, pointing to July national unemployment figures released Friday.

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State, city job cuts taint recovery

BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster may have drawn more public attention than any other oil spill, but there’s a excellent chance that sordid history of spill cleanup efforts will repeat itself. That history is to bomb the crude with chemicals so it’s out sight, then place the incident out of mind once the slick appears to be gone.

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The BP spill is already gone and forgotten

Flood victims may apply for small business loans Huntington Herald Dispatch LOGAN — The US Small Business Administration is accepting disaster loan applications for two separate incidents of flooding in West Virginia and Ohio … Collier County added to Small Business Administration oil spill declaration Naples Daily News SBA to offer low-interest loans for flood relief Boston Globe Local businesses may qualify for SBA oil spill loans Cape Coral Daily Breeze Portfolio.com (blog)

A surge in Fourth of July travel is expected this weekend compared to last year’s slump, driven by signs of life in the economy, according to the motorist group AAA. But the impact of the Gulf oil spill on coastal tourism in the region is unclear.

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Travel surge expected for July 4 weekend

BP received a third bill from the government on Monday, to the tune of $51.4 million, for cleanup costs related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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Government sends BP third bill, for $51 million

A company Kevin Costner founded worked for 17 years on a technological innovation now being used to help clean up the Gulf oil spill — and it took nearly as long to get Huge Oil to pay any attention.

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Kevin Costner blasts Huge Oil ‘bureaucratic maze’

Nobody knows how much hurt the BP oil spill will ultimately cause, but one thing’s for sure: BP is going to have to pay for everything.

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Obama: BP must pay claims quicker

Wall Street reform negotiations officially kick off Thursday, when lawmakers are expected to start merging two different versions of sweeping changes to the financial system into one final bill.

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Wall Street reform: Congress starts to deal

Europe’s debt crisis. Companies still not hiring. The Gulf oil spill.

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Double dip recession: What are the odds?