Barry Smith owns the Louisiana Music Factory record store in New Orleans.

NPR: Vinyl Still Sells in New Orleans

Mr. BARRY SMITH (owner, Louisiana Music Factory record store in New Orleans): I'm very low-tech myself, and I know as far as our customers, we still do quite well with the records upstairs.

NPR: Vinyl Still Sells in New Orleans

Rather than build a new factory elsewhere, the firm has tried to squeeze the most out of its existing investment at Betim: total daily output from the factory reached a record of 2, 345 cars in April this year (of which almost 1, 500 were Palios), up from only 750 a day in 1991.

ECONOMIST: A car is born

The jobs market registered its weakest figure since 1997, while factory output contracted at a record pace for the longest period since the 1980 recession.

FORBES: Market Scan

U.S. stocks closed at a record highs Tuesday after reports on auto sales and factory orders provided the latest evidence that the U.S. economy is strengthening.

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