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Here are 10 options for those who are thirsty for bisphenol A-free alternatives.
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Navigating auto insurance
Resources and coverage related to the state's new, more competitive system.
Getting a better grasp on grants
For many nonprofits, trying to win grants from charitable foundations is a complicated, time-consuming, and mysterious task.
Bush asks Saudis to lift oil quotas
With the price of oil hitting record highs, President Bush attempted to persuade the Saudi government to increase oil production.
Greenway pedestrian bridge proposed
Executives of the Boston Museum, one of the visitor facilities planned for the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, are proposing to build a curvilinear, cable-stayed pedestrian bridge that would span one of the most forbidding of the Big Dig blocks.
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- Treasury secretary says markets are calmer now
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- Cathay Pacific Airways considers cutting routes
Technology
Laptops for poor to run Windows XP
The One Laptop Per Child Foundation, whose laptops rely on the free Linux operating system, will start distributing ones that will run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows.
Personal finance
A successful savings plan requries homework
Americans need help to save. I don't mean handouts or bailouts. I'm talking about reemphasizing simple but powerful concepts that work.
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Healthcare
Generic drug prices decline
WASHINGTON - Older Americans paid an average 9.6 percent less in 2007 for generic drugs, the biggest drop since at least 2003, said retiree lobbyist group AARP.
Real estate
Home values continue to fall
Twenty-eight metro areas saw double-digit drops in median house prices in the 12 months ending in March.
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