Roundup: Offshore auction / Mortgage rates / Minimum wage hike

    Bidding: The federal government will offer 77.8 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 21 for oil and gas exploration and development. An Interior Department statement says the lease sale will in…


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