The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asked Congress today for additional authority to fight unwanted Internet spam, which now accounts for up to half of all e-mail traffic.
The Federal Trade Commission asked Congress yesterday for broader powers to attack the rapidly growing problem of spam, which new studies show accounts for half of all e-mail traffic.

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Commodity Expanded Value-Form, .
Elementary Commodity-Capital Value-Form .

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"The recent turnaround in the stock market and an easing in unemployment claims should keep consumer expectations at current levels and may signal more favorable economic times ahead."
The recent turnaround in the stock market and an easing in unemployment claims "may signal more favorable economic times ahead," she said.

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it did not say if the men had been hanged in prison.
dozens of such criminals have been hanged in public.

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