[AP] - A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officials said. The state news agency WAM, quoting the General Civil Aviation Authority, reported that the "bodies of two pilots" had been found at the scene, but UPS did not confirm that.

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[AP] - The U.S. service sector, the nation's predominant job generator, expanded for the eighth straight month in August although the pace of growth slowed, according to a trade group survey.

[AP] - Gasoline prices have been falling for weeks, and they could go even lower as autumn's leaves begin to drop. The national average for a gallon of unleaded regular was $2.681 on Friday, according to AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service.

[AP] - Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water.

[AP] - Canada's Goldcorp Inc. said Friday it has agreed to buy Andean Resources Ltd. for about 3.6 billion Canadian dollars , trumping a rival bid from Eldorado Gold Corp.

[AP] - Summer is rarely a hot sales season for Campbell Soup Co., and this year's sweltering June and July made that even more true, but the company said Friday that cost-cutting and strong drink sales helped its net income climb.

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[AP] - Stocks are on pace to break a three-week losing streak after an encouraging employment report lifted hopes about the pace of economic growth.

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[AP] - Goldcorp Inc. said Friday that it has agreed to buy Andean Resources Ltd. for about 3.6 billion Canadian dollars in a deal that would give it access to an Argentinian mining project said to contain a significant amount of gold and silver.

[AP] - A weakened Hurricane Earl delivered only a glancing blow to North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday on its way up the East Coast, flooding the narrow vacation islands and knocking out power but staying farther offshore than feared.

[AP] - Swedish investment bank Carnegie AB Friday said it will buy competitor HQ Bank AB, which had its banking license revoked by the financial watchdog last week.

[AP] - China has ordered local leaders to cool a surge in politically sensitive food prices by raising vegetable production amid rising tensions in poor countries over surging food costs.

[AP] - BP says it has so far spent $8 billion responding to the disastrous oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. The company said Friday that the total included $399 million paid to settle 127,000 claims from businesses and other affected by the oil spill.

[AP] - The euro is barely changed against the dollar as markets focus on the upcoming release of a closely watched U.S. jobs report.

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[AP] - World stock markets climbed as investors took heart from a slight improvement in U.S. economic indicators ahead of a crucial employment report due later Friday.

[AP] - Oil prices fell below $75 a barrel Friday ahead of closely watched U.S. employment report that will inform traders about the strength of future energy demand from the No. 1 economy.