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Your choice for wireless service would get smaller should AT&T carry out its plan to buy T-Mobile USA.
The federal government is exploring the possibility of using a credit rating giant like Equifax to verify the identity of American workers.
President Obama signed a new stopgap budget bill on Friday morning, keeping the federal government open until April 8. The measure passed the Senate on Thursday afternoon, and the House earlier in the week.
He arrives for a two-day state visit before flying to Chile, then El Salvador.
U.S. stocks fell Wednesday on escalating concerns about the damaged nuclear reactors in Japan, despite large gains in the Nikkei stock index overnight.
The United States is leaning on the first generation of plants built decades ago, even as critics worry that the reactors have some dangerous weaknesses.
As many countries evacuate their citizens from Japan and begin reassessing their nuclear programs, the U.S. takes a more conservative stance - urging only that its citizens stay 50 miles away from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant.
U.S. stocks fell in early trading Wednesday despite large gains in Japan's Nikkei stock index overnight.
Among government workers, one group enjoys lifetime health benefits virtually unmatched in the United States: military retirees.
Members receive much heftier retirement packages than most private-sector employees and state workers do.
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