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Pakistani sells 23.4 bln rupees of T-bills in repo (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - KARACHI, July 20 (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank sold 23.40 billion rupees ($288.12 million) of Treasury bills on Thursday in a two-day repo operation at 7.50 percent to mop up funds from the money market.

CHECKLIST: Avoid high summer bills (Courier-Post) - Are your home's summer utility bills too high? Take this advice from Seema M. Singh, director of the Division of the Ratepayer Advocate:

Pakistani c.bank to sell T-bills in 2-day repo (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - KARACHI, July 20 (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank said it would sell Treasury bills to commercial banks on Thursday in a two-day repo operation to mop up funds from the money market.

House panel clears wilderness bills for California, Oregon, Idaho (The News-Review) - WASHINGTON (AP) The House Resources Committee approved bills Wednesday that would create nearly 670,000 acres of new wilderness areas and protect 47 miles of wild and scenic rivers in California, Idaho and Oregon.

Millions for state projects included in appropriations bills (Great Falls Tribune) - Montana is slated to receive millions of federal dollars for a slew of transportation, health care and infrastructure projects in 2007. Funding for the projects is included in a number of appropriations bills that passed out of various Senate appropriation subcommittees Wednesday.

Faulty Thermostat Causes Homeowner's Power Bills To Skyrocket (WKMG Local6.com via Yahoo! News) - A man in Central Florida discovered that a newly purchased thermostat was faulty after several major spikes in his power bills. When he was unable to collect compensation for the faulty product, he called the Problem Solvers.

Debt forces 1 in 4 to be late on bills (Richmond Times-Dispatch) - Despite low unemployment, nearly one in four Americans say they frequently fall behind in their monthly bills because they're in debt, according to a national survey released yesterday.

China c.bank sells 3-mth bills at 2.3805 pct (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - SHANGHAI, July 20 (Reuters) - China's central bank sold 3 billion yuan ($375 million) in three-month bills in its regular open market operation on Thursday at 2.3805 percent, unchanged from a week earlier, sources said.

Proposal would add 2 percent surcharge to hotel bills (San Diego Union-Tribune) - SAN DIEGO, 2:47 p.m. July 19 (SIGNONSANDIEGO): A 2 percent surcharge would be assessed on hotel bills to raise money to promote San Diego as a tourist destination under a proposal brought Wednesday before a City Council committee.

Conserving energy good for state, environment - and your bills (Palm Springs and Coachella Valley Local News and Guides) - If you weren't feeling hot because of the weather, you probably were once you opened your electric bill. Power usage across California broke records twice this week as much of the state sweltered under 100-plus degree temps - and so in the past month have our electric bills dramatically climbed.