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NBA Notebook: Players decline to offer proposal

NEW YORK – NBA players declined to present a new economic proposal to owners Friday, less than a week before the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement. Dressed in matching T-shirts urging solidarity, about 40 players attended the negotiating session, the final one before owners could vote on whether to lock them out if no […]

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Rise in factory orders suggests economic lift

WASHINGTON – Factory orders are picking up and the economy may soon follow. A rise in demand for long-lasting manufactured goods in May suggests the parts shortage stemming from the Japan crises is fading. It would also support the view offered by many economists, who have suggested that the economic slowdown is temporary and that […]