1.   American Express decided customers like Dubinsky who received their merchandise but not their rebate check are not entitled to compensation.

2.   Amorello had been pushing a plan to issue drivers a rebate check later in the year.

3.   An administration official said the timing was important so that the Treasury could begin processing rebate checks.

4.   Another issue for negotiators is whether to alter the package to provide more tax relief more quickly, possibly in the form of rebate checks.

5.   Anyone who pays income taxes would automatically get a rebate check, Peace said.

6.   Are those tax rebate checks in the mail part of the problem?

7.   At the store, a reporter asked the president whether he had received his tax rebate check.

8.   Blake said the rebate checks will most likely stoke consumer spending, which accounts for two-thirds of economic activity.

9.   A Treasury official said that taxpayers would receive a letter in July telling them to expect a rebate check.

10.   Bush said the plan may include another round of rebate checks, tax breaks for businesses and federal assistance to people put out of work.