31-Aug-2013 23:32

Is USA's love affair with the automobile over? - Pensacola News Journal :: http://www.pnj.com/usatoday/article/2726519

Shutdown at Nasdaq Is Traced to Software - New York Times :: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/08/29/nasdaq-blames-a-surge-of-data-for-trading-halt/

Critics say it's time NY ends 1885 Scaffold Law - Watertown Public Opinion :: http://www.thepublicopinion.com/news/associated_press/national/us/article_3ae4e1ff-5766-586c-bb47-bb8ee1e18b41.html

Business slow in post-Sandy summer at Jersey shore - Post-Bulletin :: http://www.postbulletin.com/news/nation/business-slow-in-post-sandy-summer-at-jersey-shore/article_a20007bb-d90b-5a96-9152-aae0cb26df12.html

Pimco Sees Taper in Worst MBS Slump Since 1999: Credit Markets - Bloomberg :: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-30/pimco-sees-taper-in-worst-mbs-slump-since-1999-credit-markets.html

Mexico's Coca-Cola Femsa buys Brazil's Spaipa in $1.855 bln deal - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/31/mexico-femsa-brazil-idUSASA083II20130831

Carl Icahn's stake in Nuance grows to 16.9 pct. - Modesto Bee :: http://www.modbee.com/2013/08/31/2895354/carl-icahns-stake-in-nuance-grows.html

American Airlines and US Airways merger may not affect Lubbock - LubbockOnline.com :: http://lubbockonline.com/business/2013-08-31/american-airlines-and-us-airways-merger-may-not-affect-lubbock

1st Ford Fusion built at Flat Rock ready to roll off the line - Detroit Free Press :: http://www.freep.com/article/20130829/BUSINESS01/308290020/Ford-Fusion-Flat-Rock-Mustang-auto-plant-Toyota-Camry

Retail gas prices up the most in six weeks - MarketWatch (blog) :: http://blogs.marketwatch.com/energy-ticker/2013/08/29/retail-gas-prices-up-the-most-in-six-weeks/