Commerce Department signals that it might be willing to end a 16-year-old agreement between the United States and some Mexican growers that has kept the price of Mexican tomatoes relatively low for American consumers; Florida growers have long complained that they cannot compete with the low cost of Mexican tomatoes, which account for half those consumed in the US. Read more..

By STEPHANIE STROM and ELISABETH MALKIN - The New York Times

Research in Motion, troubled manufacturer of the BlackBerry smartphone, reports a second-quarter net loss of $235 million, smaller than the first-quarter loss of $518 million, but down sharply from a $329 million profit in the year-ago quarter; company continues to face a difficult future as it struggles to get a new model out the door. Read more..

By IAN AUSTEN - The New York Times

September 27, 2012 - Real estate listings languish over fracking fears in Catskills. Read more..

Mac William Bishop - The New York Times

Automakers at the Paris Motor Show say even if auto sales recover slightly in 2013, it could be years before sales return to the levels of 2007, when they peaked just before the financial crisis; new passenger car registrations in the European Union have declined steadily, and are down 7 percent so far in 2012. Read more..

By JACK EWING - The New York Times

European Commission will seek to impose up to $12 billion a year in sanctions against the United States in retaliation for US government subsidies to Boeing, move that brings the two economies closer to a trans-Atlantic trade war. Read more..

By NICOLA CLARK - The New York Times

Nike reports fiscal first-quarter net income fell to $567 million, or $1.23 a share, from $645 million, or $1.36 a share, in the same period a year earlier, citing increased costs and advertising spending; revenue rose 10 percent to $6.67 billion. Read more..

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - The New York Times

Wall Street closed broadly higher even though weak American data reflected the nation’s sluggish economic growth. Read more..

By REUTERS - The New York Times

Floyd Norris High & Low Finance column contends it is unlikely that the London interbank offered rate can be repaired, despite plans by top British banking regulator Martin Wheatley to establish a new, more independent group to set it; argues that the essential problem with such benchmark rates is that they are not based on observable transactions. Read more..

By FLOYD NORRIS - The New York Times

Nuclear power partnership of General Electric and Hitachi receives Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval to build a plant near Raleigh, NC, the first to enrich uranium for use in commercial reactors using a classified laser technology; approval causes alarm among some advocates of nuclear weapons control, who say there is an increased risk of technology falling into the wrong hands. Read more..

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - The New York Times