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H.P. Comes Back With Higher Bid for 3Par (Aug-26, 15:40 EDT )-- After a bidding war with Hewlett-Packard, Dell raised its offer for the data-storage company to about $1.5 billion and said that 3Par had accepted the offer.


Wall Street Falters After Early Rise (Aug-26, 15:17 EDT )-- Investors welcomed the first decline in unemployment claims after three straight weekly gains.


F.A.A. Proposes $24 Million Fine Against American Airlines (Aug-26, 15:10 EDT )-- The record penalty is over maintenance lapses that caused thousands of canceled flights in 2008.


Indian Drug Magnate Sets Sights on Health Care Sector (Aug-26, 15:07 EDT )-- Malvinder Singh has spent almost $1 billion in the past two years buying up assets in health care and other sectors around the world, and is scouting for new targets.


Young Firms, Not Small Ones, Are the Engines of Job Growth (Aug-26, 15:04 EDT )-- A new study tries to disprove the conventional wisdom about which employers create the most jobs.


J.&J. Recalls Hip Implants (Aug-26, 14:45 EDT )-- It was the latest in a succession of recalls of some of the company’s best-selling products.


Salmonella Found In Chicken Feed At 2 Iowa Farms (Aug-26, 14:39 EDT )-- More than 550 million eggs from the two farms were recalled this month after they were linked to as many as 1,300 cases of salmonella poisoning. The FDA said tests indicate that contaminated feed is a source of the outbreak but possibly not the only...


Toyota Recalls 1.1 Million Cars for Engine Problem (Aug-26, 14:26 EDT )-- The recall, which covers the 2005 through 2008 Corolla sedan and Matrix hatchback, is Toyota’s 15th this year.


F.C.C. Asks Court to Reconsider Ruling on Indecency Policy (Aug-26, 14:22 EDT )-- An earlier ruling struck down a policy that says broadcasters can be fined for allowing even a single curse word to be uttered on live television.


Autos to Angioplasties in Detroit (Aug-26, 14:17 EDT )-- Can Detroit or any other troubled city, for that matter, be saved by the health industry?


How To Spend $1.25 Trillion (Aug-26, 14:15 EDT )-- In a matter of months, the Federal Reserve bought up a huge chunk of the nation's mortgages. Here's what it looked like on the inside.


American Airlines Hit With Record $24.2 Million Fine (Aug-26, 12:48 EDT )-- The FAA said the airline failed to take steps to prevent chafing of electrical wires in the wheel wells of its MD-80 jets. The agency said the wiring could have led to fires and fuel-tank explosions. The maintenance lapses caused thousands of canceled...


Tech Talk Podcast: The Facebook Movie (Aug-26, 12:13 EDT )-- On this week's Tech Talk podcast, the Facebook movie and Facebook's Places service are discussed.


Netflix Comes to the iPhone and iPod Touch (Aug-26, 12:08 EDT )-- Netflix released an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows streaming of movies over Wi-Fi or a 3G cellphone connection.


Toyota Recalls More Than 1 Million Corollas, Matrixes (Aug-26, 11:51 EDT )-- The vehicles have engines that may stall, the automaker said. The recalls affect vehicles sold in North America from the 2005-2008 model years. Regulators have been investigating reports of stalling engines since December.


Another View: At H.P., Governance Trumps Gossip (Aug-26, 11:50 EDT )-- Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a Yale business professor, examines the decision of Hewlett-Packard's board to remove Mark V. Hurd as chief executive and finds much to like.


Foreclosure Risk Stays High; Mortgage Rates Dip (Aug-26, 10:54 EDT )-- One in 10 American households with a mortgage was at risk of foreclosure this summer as the government's efforts to help have had little impact stemming the housing crisis. Meanwhile, rates for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell to 4.36 percent this...


Trader Joe's: Successful, But Secretive (Aug-26, 08:19 EDT )-- Trader Joe's is one of the most popular grocery chains in the U.S., yet it is incredibly secretive about its products and business model. A 'Fortune' magazine writer profiled the company.


The New Republic: The One Way Out Of The Recession (Aug-26, 08:14 EDT )-- The growing national debt will hinder our attempts to solve unemployment. According to William Galston of The New Republic, the only solution is a new economic policy that combines private savings with public investment.


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