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Rain may put pumpkin pie in peril

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Nestle — which sells nearly all the canned pumpkin in the U.S. — says poor weather hurt its harvest, creating a potential shortage...

Gap profit climbs 25 percent in 3Q

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Shoppers spent more money at low-price Old Navy stores in the third quarter this year, helping Gap Inc.'s profit climb 25 percent compared...

Survey: 60 percent plan to find new job...

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Nearly two-thirds of U.S. workers intend to look for new jobs next year, according to a poll released Thursday that could indicate...

Astronauts step out on first spacewalk of...

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A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work Thursday outside the International...

House panel votes to audit Federal Reserve...

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A key House committee voted to assess upfront fees on large financial firms to pay for the failure of their peers and to require a...

AOL Grapples With Harsh Reality

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AOL plans to cut about 2,500 employees as the struggling Internet company attempts to resurrect its business after it spins off from...

AOL Grapples With Harsh Reality

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AOL plans to cut about 2,500 employees as the struggling Internet company attempts to resurrect its business after it spins off from...

Sony Bets on Online Push

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As Sony scrambles to reassert its technological relevance, CEO Howard Stringer is betting on a strategy for the electronics giant that...

ConsumerMan: Clean clothes, stinky problem...

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When you buy a new washing machine, you don’t expect it to stink up your house. But that seems to be a common problem for people...

Google Outlines Chrome OS Plans

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A Google executive said the Internet giant is "a year away" from making its anticipated Chrome computer operating system available...

Google Says Chrome OS Still a Year Away

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A Google executive said the Internet giant is “a year away” from making its anticipated Chrome computer operating system available...

Danone Sours on Outlook

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Danone has cut its revenue outlook for the next three years as the French dairy company expects the economic slump to lead to a long...

Microsoft: Windows 7 Selling Well

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Microsoft's Windows 7 has outsold by two times any previous version of the operating system in the same length of time, CEO Steve Ballmer...

Microsoft: Windows 7 Selling Well

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Microsoft's Windows 7 has outsold by two times any previous version of the operating system in the same length of time, CEO Steve Ballmer...

Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve...

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AP - Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently...

The Donald's new gig: Selling vitamins

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Donald Trump is synonymous with luxury high-rises, his TV show and his distinctive hairstyle. Now he's putting his name on a vitamin...

Google adding automatic captions to YouTube...

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Google said Thursday it is introducing automatic, machine-generated captions for videos on its YouTube site. The new service, ...

China Mobile Bets on 3G

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China Mobile is pinning its hopes on new 3G services such as mobile television and mobile readers to drive growth as it faces increasing...

Sears posts second consecutive quarterly...

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Sears Holdings Corp. said Thursday it lost money for the second consecutive quarter as customers spent elsewhere...

Mediaset's Race With Sky Heats Up

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Italy’s Mediaset will offer on-demand TV through a new digital terrestrial decoder, as it boosts its pay-TV...

TNK-BP Selects Barsky as New CEO

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In a widely-expected move, BP's Russian joint venture TNK-BP confirmed that it will appoint Maxim Barsky as its...

CCTV Ad Revenue Set to Rise

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Ad revenue at China's national broadcaster, CCTV, is poised to continue to rise in 2010, as domestic and international...

Astronauts step out on first spacewalk of...

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A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work Thursday outside...

Vital Signs: No easy cure for doctor shortage...

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Some parts of the country already lack an ample supply of general internists, pediatricians and family physicians...

Market Winners & Losers: King Pharmaceuticals...

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The major indexes fell for the second day in a row, with the Dow closing down 0.9%, the S&P 500 falling 1.3% and...

Bank bill delayed in House, Senate divided...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Progress toward tighter U.S. financial regulation faltered in the U.S. Congress on Thursday...

Chinese cyber-spying seen growing against...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's government appears increasingly to be piercing U.S. government and defense industry...

VW to buy Karmann Ghia-maker's assets

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Volkswagen says it will buy some assets of the maker of the iconic Karmann Ghia to create a new manufacturing...

A look at economic developments around the...

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AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday:

Galaxy Shares Fall On Fund Raising Plan...

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Galaxy Shares Fall On Fund Raising Plan Report

Bigger U.S. Role in Broadband Is Likely

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The FCC began laying the groundwork for a bigger federal broadband role, offering a glimpse of the hurdles the...

Europe Markets: Miners, Danone pressured...

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Lower commodity futures drag on miners and shares in yogurt maker Danone fall after it cuts its sales guidance...

Sony eyes 3D, networked products to revive...

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Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) said it would launch 3D TVs and networked products and services to...

AOL to lay off a third of staff

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AOL, the struggling Internet company, plans to cut about a third of its workers if its planned spinoff from Time...

Lorillard Begins CEO Search

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Lorillard has begun looking for a successor to CEO Martin L. Orlowsky, whose contract at the cigarette maker expires...

Many parents wrongly claim college tax credit...

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More than 314,000 taxpayers made inaccurate claims for a popular tax credit that helps pay college expenses, getting...

Asia shares dip in shift to safety (...

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Reuters - Asian shares fell on Friday and the dollar firmed as investors took profits on riskier assets after U....

Rocky week won't topple techs' leadership...

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With the S&P 500 Index headed to a mild weekly decline, the information-technology sector has borne the brunt of the damage -- but...

Nokia sees corporate interest for netbook...

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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Top cell phone maker Nokia has seen growing interest among companies for its first netbook or mini-laptop, a company...

Dell profit falls 54 pct; report pulls shares...

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AP - Dell Inc. said Thursday that its net income dropped 54 percent in the latest quarter amid signs the company...

Asia shares dip in shift to safety

Reuters :: Posted 20 hours 49 min ago

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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares fell on Friday and the dollar firmed as investors took profits on riskier assets after U.S. data...

Futures Movers: Crude drops for second day...

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Crude-oil futures fall for a second session, reducing their weekly gains as a rebounding dollar and weaker stock markets continue to...

Cond é Preparing Wired for E-Reader

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Condé Nast and Adobe are building a digital version of Wired magazine for electronic reading devices, as publishers struggle to render...

Infineon Swings to Profit

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The German semiconductor maker said it swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter net profit on growing demand for its logic chips.

Wall St drops on recovery concerns, tech...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slid on Thursday as another batch of economic data pointed to the fragility of the recovery and a...

Dick's Tops Views, But Outlook Disappoints...

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Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) issued a shaky outlook for the holiday shopping season on Thursday, overshadowing the company’s tripling...

ConsumerMan: Clean clothes, stinky problem...

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When you buy a new washing machine, you don’t expect it to stink up your house. But that seems to be a common problem for people...

California Energy Commission Rule to Impact...

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PC World - For the California Energy Commission, the voluntary guidelines of the Federal Energy Star program aren't enough to curb...

Oprah To End Show Next Year: Reports

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Oprah To End Show Next Year: Reports

Chrysler could lose more than 100 U.S. dealerships...

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DETROIT (Reuters) - More than 100 Chrysler Group LLC U.S. dealerships face possible closure if they cannot reach new financing deals...

Infineon Swings to Profit

WSJ :: Posted 1 day 15 hours ago

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The German semiconductor maker said it swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter net profit on growing demand for its logic chips.

General Growth in Mortgage Pact

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General Growth Properties said it reached a deal to restructure $9 billion in mortgages on 77 malls in hopes of removing them from...

Panel votes to audit Fed's balance sheet

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Rep. Ron Paul, who has tried to audit the Federal Reserve for 26 years, is ever so much closer to his goal with the approval by a congressional...

200 Web sites spread al-Qaida's message...

Yahoo! News: Technology News :: Posted 18 hours 21 min ago

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AP - Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They...

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