* Premium jeans remain bright spot in U.S. market * Investors eyeing brands with expansion potential * Margins high and discounting still rare in industry LAS VEGAS, Sept 3 - The crowds pressing to enter...
* US has reimbursed dealers $500 million * Gov't hopes to complete all payments by Sept. 30 * No plans to revive "cash for clunkers" WASHINGTON, Sept 3 - The U.S. government plans to accelerate...
* Three-month Libor set record lows on low rate view * Longer interbank rates elevated on economic concerns * U.S. commercial paper market expands 3rd straight week (Updates market action, changes dateline, previous LONDON) NEW...
NEW YORK, Sept 3 - The U.S. services sector shrank again in August, but an index measuring activity was at its highest in nearly a year, according to an industry report released on Thursday. The...
* Wins flu product order from U.S. government * Gov't can buy $52 mln of flu products through March 2010 * Co to supply syringes, needles, sharps collectors * (Adds detail, stock) CHICAGO, Sept 3...
Sept 2 - Pfizer Inc agreed on Wednesday to plead guilty to a U.S. criminal charge relating to promotion of its now-withdrawn Bextra pain medicine and will pay a record $2.3 billion to settle allegations...
* BMW sees U.S. sales growth in last four months of 2009 * BMW 2009 U.S. sales to top 200,000 units * U.S. 2010 auto sales seen at about 11.5 mln units DETROIT, Sept 1...
* US retail sales down 17 pct, fleet sales down 29 pct * Inventories down sharply from a year earlier DETROIT, Sept 1 - General Motors Co posted a 20.2 percent drop in U.S. sales...
* Ford, Mercury, Lincoln sales rise 16.8 percent in August * Volvo U.S. sales rise 24.8 pct in August DETROIT, Sept 1 - Ford Motor Co's <F.N> U.S. sales rose 17 percent in August, a...
* Chrysler U.S. sales 93,222 units in August-source * Dealer stock 28 days of supply at end-August-source * $4,500/zero-pct financing on '09 models in Sept-source * $2,000 consumer cash offered on some 2010 models-source DETROIT,...