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Interest rates drop on short-term Treasury bills (Boston Globe) - Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in yesterday's auction. The Treasury Department auctioned $17 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 4.975 percent, down from 4.990 percent last week. Another $15 billion in six-month bills was auctioned at a discount rate of 4.955 percent, down from 4.975 percent last week.

MGU bills lower; service gives winter outlook (The Daily Reporter) - MONROE — Cross your fingers. That’s the advice of Michigan Gas Utilities (MGU) president Gary Erickson, who announced a 10-percent reduction in heating bills Monday and looked ahead to January, when prices will be revisited and perhaps adjusted according to the weather and other factors.

Cabinet OKs bills to reform loan laws (Asahi.com) - The Cabinet on Tuesday approved revisions to moneylending laws to tighten regulations of consumer loan companies. The government submitted the bills to the Diet the same day.

Rhode Island utility regulators lower heating bills (WLNE-TV) - Heating bills for National Grid customers are going down. Rhode Island's Public Utilities Commission has O-K'd a five-point-four percent decrease in natural gas rates charged by National Grid.

Pataki Signs New Bills (WTVH) - Oct 31, 2006 - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)- Governor Pataki signed two bills into law Tuesday afternoon at Hancock Airport in Syracuse. One would require harsher penalties for repeat drunken drivers. Another would create more serious penalties for fleeing from police.

Temperature drops, but so will heating bills, PG&E says (Inside Bay Area) - If you're shivering from the recent cold snap, take heart: November natural gas bills are expected to drop almost 27 percent from last year, according to Pacific Gas and Electric.

NEW: Temperature drops, but so will heating bills, PG&E says (Oroville Mercury-Register) - If you're shivering in the cold snap that descended Monday night, take heart: November natural gas bills are expected to drop almost 27 percent from last year, according to Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

Freedom Bay owner given until December to pay bills (Newport Daily News) - PORTSMOUTH - Freedom Bay's owners have until Dec. 1 to pay their outstanding bills to avoid a judge placing the stagnated senior-housing project into receivership.

Rates drop for short-term bills (Contra Costa Times) - Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in Monday's auction. The Treasury Department auctioned $17 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 4.975 percent, down from 4.990 percent last week. Another $15 billion in six-month bills was auctioned at a discount rate of 4.955 percent, down from 4.975 percent last week.

Bills hit the basics in bye week (The Buffalo News) - Considering the Buffalo Bills have dropped their last three games and have fallen three games under .500, last week's bye was a good time for a little fine-tuning.