Same-store sales across the casual dining chains have declined for four years running, a sign that the industry is way overbuilt.

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Unless a company is very small, evidence of fraud almost always surfaces, convincing clients to sign up for a yearly package that costs three or four times as much as a spot-check, says John Brocar of APEX Analytix.

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Home building slipped in July, missing expectations, but new permits rose to their highest level in four years, a possible sign of confidence for construction going forward.

WSJ: Stocks Approach Multiyear Highs

But Bresnan showed no sign of nerves as he emphatically pulled a short ball from Lee for four through mid-wicket before Hilfenhaus overstepped for the sixth time at the start of the 41st over to end the match in anti-climactic fashion.

BBC: England escape one-day whitewash

He looks at the growth of snowboarding over the past ten years and its inclusion as an Olympic event in Nagano, Japan, four years ago as a sign that it's ready for prime time.

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The splash of four IPOs nearly at once could be a sign the market is hungry for new shares to buy.

WSJ: Fender, Kayak, Others Seek to Break IPO Drought

For their London opponents, though, the struggle for Premier League survival shows no sign of receding with Gianfranco Zola's side now without a point in four matches and hovering perilously three points above the drop zone.

BBC: Arsenal 2-0 West Ham

The device features a D-Pad -- the group of four buttons that looks like a plus sign and has been found on the left side of Nintendo remotes for decades.

CNN: Nintendo unveils handheld 3-D gaming system