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Advertising: Fox Uses Previews to Give ‘Lone Star’ Wide Exposure (Jul-28, 21:30 EDT )-- A new television series will be seen by Vanity Fair readers, cruise line passengers, hotel guests and iPad owners before its network premiere.


Congress Is Rethinking Its Ban on Internet Gambling (Jul-28, 21:20 EDT )-- With pressure on the federal government to find new revenues, Congress is considering legalizing, and taxing, an activity it banned four years ago: Internet gambling.


Telefónica Wins Full Control of Brazil Phone Venture (Jul-28, 21:19 EDT )-- The $9.75 billion deal should end a dispute between Telefónica and Portugal Telecom over their joint cellphone operation in Brazil.


Kindle Cost Cut to $139 as Price War Begins (Jul-28, 21:02 EDT )-- Amazon.com, the maker of the Kindle e-reader, is introducing two new smaller, lighter versions with high-contrast screens and crisper text.


Job Subsidies Provide Help to the Private Sector (Jul-28, 21:02 EDT )-- Federal stimulus money has sometimes gone to private companies to hire workers, instead of being used for tax credits or construction projects.


Obama Trumpets Democrats’ Small-Business Bona Fides (Jul-28, 21:00 EDT )-- President Obama and the Democrats are vying with Republicans for the right to claim they are the true friends of small-business owners.


Advocacy Group Reports Progress in Fighting Corporate Bribery (Jul-28, 20:50 EDT )-- Attempts to stop companies from bribing foreign officials to win contracts are improving, Transparency International said, but it faulted 20 countries as laggards at enforcement.


Military Cutbacks Redirect Boeing to Commercial Side (Jul-28, 20:50 EDT )-- The Pentagon is slowing spending, but orders for commercial airlines are recovering.


How A New 747 Could Get Between You And Your Doctor (Jul-28, 16:08 EDT )-- The Federal Communications Commission set aside a small band of radio waves for jet makers to test new planes. But medical device makers covet the same frequencies for a new generation of equipment.


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