NEW YORK (AP) — The major stock indexes edged up in late trading to close slightly higher. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 43 points to 13,208. The S&P 500 rose three to close at 1,406. The Nasdaq composite is up two to 3,021.

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Federal prosecutors pursuing drug charges against two medical marijuana operators have asked a judge to bar from the proceedings any mention of medical uses of the drug or state laws regulating it.

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NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney Co. is reporting a bigger-than-expected loss and plummeting sales, as its customers continue to be turned off by a new pricing plan that gets rid of hundreds of sales in favor of every day lower prices.

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If you don’t think the hot sauce business is a growing industry, think again. The production of hot sauce is one of the eight fastest growing industries in the country.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Performant Financial Corp.’s initial public offering of 9 million shares priced at $9 per share, below an expected range of $12 to $14.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Six months after J.C. Penney Co. launched a bold new pricing plan, customers still aren’t buying it.

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From April to June, losses totaled $5.2 billion, up $2.1 billion from the same period last year.

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BOSTON (AP) — A former Intel Corp. worker in Massachusetts has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of computer chip manufacturing and design secrets while working for a rival company.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Livestock farmers and ranchers seeing their feed costs rise because of the worst drought in a quarter-century are demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency waive production requirements for corn-based ethanol.

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