Several of the nation's largest companies said Wednesday that Congress could help revive the ailing U.S. economy by approving three pending free trade agreements this year.

HAVERHILL — Ed Kalp remembers the time seven years ago when a customer gave him his left arm so he could get a loan. Literally. "A man needed $20 to get to an appointment at a Boston hospital," Kalp recalls. "The man said, 'The only thing I have is

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