Consumers need help - 2003-09-29
Consumer spending exploded in the third quarter, driven by tax credit checks, tax cuts and cash from mortgage refinancings.

But the boom was short-lived, and stronger wage growth will be needed to keep spending and the broader economy healthy in 2004, economists said Monday.
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Locals advertise homes on Web sites, but takers unlikely - 2003-09-29
With the $6,900 a day she hopes to make for renting out her southwest Houston ranch-style home during Super Bowl week, Tobi Shvartzapel wants to purchase a car and take her family to Disney World.

Nicholas Howard III, a barber, could pay off his mortgage with the $25,000 he is asking for a week in his three-bedroom home.
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