The latest survey from S&P/Case-Shiller noted basically stagnant prices from January to February.

In a discussion of the debt limit, the Speaker – who has warned that the growing debt is hurting U.S. job creation – asked the President if he is proposing that Congress pass an increase that does not include any spending cuts to help reduce the deficit. The President said, “yes.” The Speaker told the President, “as long as I’m around here, I’m not going to allow a debt ceiling increase without doing something serious about the debt.”

Earlier this year, T-Mobile announced that it would be consolidating some of its call centers as part of a larger restructuring effort. The company did not specify how the company would be reorganized.

A majority of the newly elected, all-Republican board has threatened to derail the extension of Metrorail out to Dulles Airport and beyond because of a requirement that the general contractor for the project negotiate a “project labor agreement” with local construction unions.

Staff writer Peter Whoriskey wrote Thursday about how more older Americans are employed than ever before.

Are you retired or approaching retirement? Do you want to reenter the workforce? Or are you delaying retirement for financial reasons?

As recently as October 2011, the unemployment rate for college graduates ages 16-24 (there are 16-year-olds with college degrees?) was 8.1 percent — just 0.5 percent lower than the general jobless rate of 8.6 percent.

The dip in stock price comes as the bank faces customer gripes about the its decision to begin charging a $5 monthly fee for debit card transactions. The fees will begin next year and will apply only to debit card purchases, not to ATM withdrawals, online bill pay or mobile phone transfers, The Post’s Ylan Mui reported Thursday.