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• Small Business Owners Sweat Out Slow Times
  Millions of U.S. small businesses -- especially in the retail, business-services and housing industries -- could be vulnerable if a recession strikes on top of the housing slump and credit crunch.
• The Confounding Complexities of Building Green
  A survey released last week by the World Business Council on Sustainable Development found that key players in real estate and construction overstate the extra costs of green buildings by some 300 percent, "creating a major barrier to more energy efficiency in the building sector."
• City Drafts Ordinance to Squelch Metal Thefts
  City fathers in Columbus, Ohio are looking to thwart material theft with a proposed ordinance that would require scrap metal yard dealers to get identification -- photo ID and possibly fingerprints -- from everyone who sells them scrap metal.
• Housing Slump Slashes Jobs Nationwide
  Home sellers aren't the only ones pained by the sharp housing market slowdown: So are people who build houses. U.S. homebuilders and residential specialty trade employers cut 21,200 jobs in May, June and July, usually the peak building months, according to the most recent preliminary numbers from the Labor Department.

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