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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are trying to stay above water after several companies issued disappointing results and forecasts today. Apparel maker Under Armour sank 14 percent as investors worried that its growth is slowing down. Appliance maker Whirlpool dropped 10 percent after its own results came up short of forecasts. At 10:23 a.m. Eastern Time, the Dow was up 13 points, to 18,236. The S&P 500 was down one point, to 2,150. And the Nasdaq was down 5 points, at 5,304. Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 1.78 percent.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid steady hiring and low mortgage rates, more Americans are being encouraged to buy homes. And they're competing for fewer properties on the market, bringing prices even higher. The Standard & Poor's CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index rose 5.1 percent in August after a five percent gain in July.
DETROIT (AP) — Safety regulators say they're concerned about a huge backlog of Honda and Acura owners who haven't had their air bags fixed despite a June recall of the dangerous and potentially deadly devices. Authorities say owners of more than 300,000 vehicles have yet to bring them in for repair. Officials say used car owners can be hard to find and others just can't be bothered no matter what.
LONDON (AP) — Britain's government has given the go-ahead to build a new runway at London's Heathrow airport despite concerns about air pollution, noise and the leveling of entire neighborhoods in the western part of London. The government's recommendation will be studied further and Parliament will vote in about a year.
DENVER (AP) — Anheuser-Busch says it has completed the world's first commercial shipment by self-driving truck, sending a beer-filled tractor-trailer on a journey of more than 120 miles through Colorado. The company says it teamed with self-driving truck maker, Otto, and the state of Colorado. The trailer, loaded with Budweiser beer, began the self-driving trip at a weigh station in Fort Collins, Colorado, and ran along Interstate 25 through Denver before wrapping up in Colorado Springs. A professional truck driver was on board for the entire route and monitored the trip from the cab's sleeper berth.
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