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The National Federation of Independent Business Index of Small Business Optimism rose 2.9 points to 91.1 in August, but continued one of the longest strings of recession-level readings in the history of the survey — dating back to 1973. Two-thirds of the gain was due to a new confidence among small business owners who expect business conditions to improve over the next six months.