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Mexico's Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a labor law overhaul that will allow outsourcing and part-time employment, but doesn't include clauses intended to democratize antiquated and authoritarian labor unions.

Missouri's minimum wage will rise by a dime to $7.35 an hour in 2013.

With 4,870 manufacturers now employing 262,431 workers, industrial employment in South Carolina grew 2.3 percent in the past year, according to the 2013 South Carolina Manufacturers Register, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News in Evanston, Ill.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is being pulled one way by major business groups and another by fellow conservatives as she faces a fast-approaching deadline to decide whether to implement a key part of the federal health care law.

Officials with supermarket chain Raleys and union representatives spent a second day back at the bargaining table, but late Monday there was no word of any possible progress in ending a strike.

Automatic Data Processing Inc. is raising its quarterly dividend by 10 percent to 43.5 cents per share from 39.5 cents per share.