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5:30 pm - Forty To Love: Tennis Takes The Title In Sports Participation Growth

Forbes - The Tennis Industry Association

5:28 pm - Coast Guard: Sheen not likely from active oil leak - BusinessWeek

Google News - Moneycontrol.comCoast Guard: Sheen not likely from active oil leakBusinessWeekA day after a fire on an offshore oil platform off the central Louisiana coast, federal investigators have gone aboard to make sure no oil is leaking from the site. The Coa......

5:21 pm - Good news for Labor Day drivers: Gas prices drop - MarketWatch

Google News - WISC MadisonGood news for Labor Day drivers: Gas prices dropMarketWatchDriving somewhere this weekend? If so, there's good news for you at the gas pump. As Steve Gelsi writes in his story today, gas prices are lower than experts predicted earlier......

5:17 pm - 'Fast Money' Recap: Market Breakthrough?

The Street - The trading panel discussed whether the market will break through a trading range and continue higher.

5:10 pm - Goldman shutting prop trading desk: report - Reuters

Google News - Goldman shutting prop trading desk: reportReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc is closing its principal strategies desk as US regulators try to limit trading risk that major banks take with their money, Bloomberg News reported on Frida......

5:10 pm - Wealth Matters: The Art of Thinking Clearly Under Great Pressure

NYT Bus. - Through no fault of his own, Frederick Peters arrived in a financial crisis threatening his business. He survived by avoiding distractions and focusing on the problem.

5:09 pm - Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen

Yahoo - [AP] - Unemployment is stuck at high levels even though some companies are hiring. The problem, government data show, is that too few jobs are being created for the growing number of people looking for work.

5:06 pm - Stocks Churning in Trading Range: Dave's Daily

The Street - The current market is a reprise of early July's rally from June's selloff.

5:01 pm - Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen - The Associated Press

Google News - Kansas City StarDespite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozenThe Associated PressWASHINGTON — Unemployment is stuck at high levels even though some companies are hiring. The problem, government data show, is that too few jobs are being created ......

5:00 pm - Hitting the Links in China

Forbes - Golf course construction in China is going full tilt from the rain forests of Hainan to the Stone Forest in Kunming, but greens fees are not the driving force.

5:00 pm - China's First Family Of the Fairways

Forbes - David Chu built the world's biggest golf club, helping ignite the sport's popularity on the mainland. Now he's put his son Ken in charge of topping that.

5:00 pm - Money Matters

Forbes - Ever thought of the fact that that Rs. 2 coin that you hand over with such nonchalance may have a story to tell? The RBI Monetary Museum at Fort Mumbai is a place where many such tales may be found.

4:59 pm - How to Create Synthetic SPX Equity Positions Using Options

The Street - This is not a strategy for beginners nor is it a strategy that should be employed for long periods of time, but in the right circumstances it can produce outsized profits with a fixed amount of risk.

4:58 pm - Texas Attorney General Investigates Google Search

NYT Bus. - Google said that the Texas attorney general is conducting an antitrust review on the fairness of Google's search results.

4:55 pm - American Eagle Says August Traffic Soared 13.8 Pct - ABC News

Google News - American Eagle Says August Traffic Soared 13.8 PctABC NewsAP American Eagle, which operates regional flights for American Airlines, said Friday that August traffic soared 13.8 percent higher compared with a year ago. That sharply beat the 3.1 percent......

4:54 pm - Obama's economy boost - just don't call it stimulus

CNN Money - President Obama is pledging to propose a new package of job-boosting ideas next week -- just don't call it stimulus.

4:47 pm - Roche Launches Cost-Cutting Plan

WSJ - Roche said it has launched a cost-cutting and efficiency plan in the wake of increased price pressures and a series of drug-development setbacks.

4:43 pm - UPS Cargo Plane Crashes Near Dubai

WSJ - A UPS cargo plane crashed Friday evening after takeoff near Dubai, killing two pilots in the package delivery giant's first fatal aircraft accident.

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