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Published July 31, 2009, 12:00 AM

Recession easing


Baldor Electric Co. employees Dave Johnston, left, and Steve Davis, right, work inside the company's factory in St. Louis in early June 2009. A new government report shows the economy sank at a pace of just 1 percent in the second quarter of the year. It was a better-than-expected showing that provided the strongest signal yet that the longest recession since World War II is finally winding down.(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Read the article: Recession eases; GDP dip smaller than expected