11.   Los Angeles area consumer prices edged up slightly in April, reflecting higher tabs for produce but inflation remains in check, economists said Friday.

12.   Markets Stock prices edged up slightly in sluggish trading.

13.   Prices edged up for some manufacturing materials and at the retail level.

14.   Retail prices might edge down a little more because wholesale prices have been falling slightly faster.

15.   Restaurants are packed, cell phones chirp incessantly, and property prices are edging upward.

16.   Shares of oil and gas producers might snap a seven-day decline after crude oil prices edged higher.

17.   STOCKS RISE IN LIGHT TRADING Stock prices edged up in sluggish trading.

18.   The government reported that consumer prices edged up just a tenth of a percent in June, the best inflation performance since November.

19.   Treasury prices edged up.

20.   Wheat futures prices edged up despite anticipation of a seasonal decline in demand.