From the Marketplace Datebook, here’s a look at what’s coming up Thursday:
- In Washington, a Senate Committee discusses “Promoting College Access and Success For Students With Disabilities.”
- The Commerce Department reports on durable goods for January. Maybe you got yourself an appliance?
- A House subcommittee on Highways and Transit holds a hearing on “Improving the Nation’s Highway Freight Network.”
- Academy Award-winning screen beauty and AIDS activist Elizabeth Taylor was born on February 27, 1932.
- Feeling a little cold? Winter getting you down? Well, bring on the heat. Tomorrow is National Chili Day.
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