APPLE INC. (AAPL) rose for a fourth day, gaining $5.68, to $144.16, the highest since July 26. Apple's iPhone, the wireless handset that doubles as a music player, outsold all other advanced U.S. mobile phones in its first full month of sales, a surge that is probably "unprecedented," research firm iSuppli Inc. said. Separately, Piper Jaffray & Co. said Apple probably surpassed its estimates for ...

Home Depot completes sale of supply unit (EARTHtimes.org)
(Reuters) - Home Depot Inc said it completed the sale of its wholesale supply business, HD Supply, to buyout firms on the same terms announced earlier this week.