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Stocks edge higher; US service sector improves

By Steve Rothwell
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Stocks edge higher; US service sector improves

NEW YORK (AP) — Worries from overseas held back the stock market on Monday.

Stocks started the day lower after a report showed that manufacturing in China, the world’s second biggest economy, had contracted for the fourth straight month. News of more fighting between pro-Russian activists and soldiers in Ukraine also made investors cautious.

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