PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post Business - July 5

WASHINGTON, July 5 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on the front page of its business section on July 5.

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Vendors were optimistic about sales to tourists on the July 4 holiday, but many were economizing, given the sluggish economy and high gasoline prices.

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Girl Talk is testing whether an independent artist who has never benefited from the backing of a major record label can build an audience and generate income on a "pay-what-you-want" model.

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The city ordered all "Chinatown" buses to move to a different location on May 28, but the rule was not made public until a week later.

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TOKYO - The Group of Eight, a club for the world's biggest economies, is facing pressure to expand its membership to countries like China, which has eclipsed more than half the G-8 members in economic size. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa)