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Exxon’s total U.S. income-tax bill for 2009: $0 (Forbes) Obama’s economic advisers mount a new defense of “cash for clunkers” program (White House Blog) D.C.’s proposed streetcar could be sidelined by resistance from locals, the National Park Service to overhead electrical wires (WashPost) Matt Taibbi on how interest-rate swaps helped doom one Alabama county (Rolling … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:54 AM EDT on April 7, 2010

Exxon’s total U.S. income-tax bill for 2009: $0 (Forbes)
Obama’s economic advisers mount a new defense of “cash for clunkers” program (White House Blog)
D.C.’s proposed streetcar could be sidelined by resistance from locals, the National Park Service to overhead electrical wires (WashPost)
Matt Taibbi on how interest-rate swaps helped doom one Alabama county (Rolling Stone)
Toyota weighing a legal challenge to its $16m fine from the U.S. DOT, at the risk of more bad publicity (AP)
Felix Salmon: Fannie Mae’s new national housing survey reveals some puzzling truths about Americans’ attitude towards homeownership versus renting
Urban planner Chris Leinberger believes 70 percent of coming demand for denser, mixed-use development will come from the suburbs, not major cities (TNR’s The Avenue)
Utah gets its first BRT network (SL Tribune)

Elana Schor

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