In September, the Commerce Department declared the Northeast ground fishery a formal disaster, which raised hopes of economic relief that were later dashed in a trimmed-down relief bill for victims of Superstorm Sandy.

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The rebound in U.S. markets gained momentum after the Commerce Department said that homebuilders broke ground on a million homes in March, the fastest pace in nearly five years.

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Pollock isn't trained in architecture, so the questions he asks his friend tend to be questions you or I might ask if we met him, and because both of them are engaged in trying to create art in disciplines that are mostly about commerce, they find plenty of common ground.

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Obama seems to have been trying to make the accurate observation that since the '30s the court has not struck down a federal law that applies to economic activity on the ground that it exceeds Congress's Commerce Clause authority.

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Filburn because the law at issue in Wickard also involved the ability of Congress to control price by regulating activity, and it was also challenged on the ground that it did not relate to interstate commerce.

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are on the brink of getting parity in the e-commerce-versus-real world shopping wars, but they still cannot afford to lose ground over the holiday season.

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