U.S. retail sales driven by car, health purchases
BBC: Car sales were up 9.5% from August 2013, and spending in healthcare stores went up 8.1% from last year.
BBC: Car sales were up 9.5% from August 2013, and spending in healthcare stores went up 8.1% from last year.
Bloomberg: Apple’s new iPhones will take as many as four weeks to ship.
NYT: Thirteen years after the deadliest terrorist attack in American history, families of the victims gathered in Lower Manhattan, at the Pentagon and at a field in Pennsylvania
Reuters: A report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that more than 90% of American children ages 6 to 18 consume too much sodium daily.
Bloomberg: Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook revealed the Apple Watch and two new iPhone models with bigger screens.
WSJ: The doughnut chain said its quarterly earnings rose 22%.
NYT: The social media network is publicly testing a “buy” button embedded in posts to allow users to instantly purchase products.
Forbes: The specialty food maker was purchased by giant General Mills for $820 million.
WSJ: In an effort to get addictive painkillers off the street, federal authorities will allow pharmacies and clinics to take back unused prescription drugs from patients.
Businessweek: Samuel Truett Cathy, founder of the Atlanta-based chicken restaurant chain, passed away this morning.