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WASHINGTON -- The number of workers applying for state unemployment aid increased last week to the highest level in six weeks, the government said today.

Consumer credit rose at an annual growth rate of 6.8 percent in May, the strongest since a 15 percent growth rate last November.

A bankruptcy judge has thrown out a class-action lawsuit filed against Armstrong World Industries Inc. by owners of buildings containing old asbestos floors.

Construction spending fell unexpectedly 0.7 percent in May from a record level. as both residential and nonresidential building slowed, the government reported today.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 6,401,415 to Faus Group Inc.

The economy grew at a red-hot annual rate of 6.1 percent in the January-March quarter, the strongest showing in more than two years.

WASHINGTON -- The number of people signing up for jobless claims fell last week, the Labor Department announced today.

New home sales surged 8.1 percent in May to a record level, the Commerce Department said today.

WASHINGTON -- May orders for costly manufactured goods rose 0.6 percent (items expected to last at least three years).

WASHINGTON -- The National Association of Realtors reported today that sales of existing homes edged down 0.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.75 million.