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| FACTORY ORDERS: Orders to U.S. factories rose 0.1 percent in July, the first increase after two months of declines. more... |


| FACTORY ORDERS: Orders to U.S. factories rose 0.1 percent in July, the first increase after two months of declines. more... |
| WORKER EFFICIENCY: Productivity, the amount of output per hour of work, fell at an annual rate of 1.8 percent in the April-to-June quarter, the biggest setback since the third quarter of 2006. | |
| THE ARGUMENT: BlackBerry's Canadian manufacturer should give law enforcement agencies around the world access to its customer data, the U.N. telecommunications chief said. | |
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Stocks edged higher Thursday after reports on housing, manufacturing and jobs indicated the economy continues to grow, albeit slowly. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 25 points in late afternoon trading. Broader indexes also rose. |
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| Treasury prices dropped for a second straight day after the Labor Department said fewer workers filed for unemployment last week. | |
| COMPANY: Pernod Ricard SA, Paris-based drink maker known for its anise-flavored aperitifs as well as Beefeater gin and recently acquired Absolut vodka reported its full-year earnings Thursday. | |
| WIDER NET: After pressuring BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. for data on users' traffic, India is now cracking down on other companies that provide encrypted communications. | |
| Government safety officials have not found a connection between a new kind of Pampers diapers and the severe skin reactions reported by some parents' groups. | |
| India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications - not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion - to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data. That would... | |
| Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced it's opening up access to smart phones for customers who prepay for service, such as people with poor credit and those who don't want to be tied down by long-term contracts. | |
| Billionaire financier Ron Burkle is appealing a Delaware judge's decision to dismiss his lawsuit against bookseller Barnes & Noble over its shareholder rights plan. | |
| Midwest farmers who sold corn to bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp. have been receiving official letters asking for most of that money back. | |
| The top executive of the South Carolina State Ports Authority said Thursday he has asked architects to submit design proposals for a new cruise ship passenger terminal to open within two years in Charleston. | |
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MONDAY, Sept. 6 Markets closed for Labor Day. TUESDAY, Sept. 7 WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8 |
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| A man accused of bilking South Los Angeles residents out of their homes in a foreclosure scam is facing a potential life sentence in a rare use of California's three-strikes law for a white-collar crime. | |
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Major business events and economic events scheduled for Friday: WASHINGTON - Labor Department releases employment data for August, 8:30 a.m. NEW YORK - Institute for Supply Management releases its service sector index for August, 10 a.m. |
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