Phone maker rings louder

BEIJING » HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is trying to establish its brand name as it competes with Apple’s iPhone. HTC supplies Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile, but few Americans know its name. With the help of marketing by cellular carriers and television ads during the baseball World Series, HTC says that number is growing.

HTC’s path out of the shadows has been complicated by U.S. carriers’ preference to market its phones under their own brands.

Total recall

Cans of "Mixed Nuts Fancy, No Peanuts" distributed by Torn & Glasser of Rancho Dominguez, Calif., because they contain undeclared whole peanuts, which poses a risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction to people with peanut allergies. No illnesses have been reported. The recalled products are 3.75-pound cans marked with lot numbers 0980 and 1940 on the outer case label and bottom lid with UPC number 072488980761. The products were distributed in California, Washington and Hawaii. Contact the manufacturer at 310-605-4900 Monday through Friday.

Coming up

» Today: Markets closed for Labor Day.
» Tomorrow: Bank of Japan ends two-day policy board meeting.
» Wednesday: Labor Department releases job openings and labor turnover survey for July. Federal Reserve releases Beige Book. Federal Reserve releases consumer credit data for July. President Barack Obama plans to give a speech on the economy.
» Thursday: Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims. Commerce Department releases international trade for July. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates.
» Friday: Commerce Department releases wholesale trade inventories for July. Japan releases GDP report.