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Retail and housing are lingering concerns, but the nation's factory sector isn't ready to concede economic defeat yet. The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index unexpectedly rose 1.8 points in August to 56.3.

Here's news from the business world and other money matters to watch out for Wednesday (last updated at 7:56 a.m. Eastern time): Wal-Mart Quietly Raises Prices: Consumers who think prices at their local Walmart have been on the rise lately may not be imagining things. A JPMorgan Chase (JPM) study...

Perhaps investors are getting tired of "less bad" economic news. Despite flat inflation figures that were in line with economists' forecasts and industrial output that fell less than expected, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 63 points, or 0.75 percent, to close at 8,269. Financial and energy...