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News Corporation Swings to Profit in Quarter (Aug-4, 15:52 EDT )-- The media conglomerate’s fourth-quarter profit reverses a loss from a year ago, as restructuring charges fell and as it sold a Bulgarian TV station.
Creating Content to Connect Big Brands With the Hip Crowd (Aug-4, 15:51 EDT )-- In 2009, companies spent more than $47 billion on custom marketing â€" from magazines to Web sites â€" to attract specific audiences.
Small Business Guide: Tapping the Wisdom of the Crowd (Aug-4, 15:45 EDT )-- Feedback provided by crowdsourcing can help small-business owners find ways to improve their products or plan for expansion.
Behind Dollar Thrifty's Dance With Avis (Aug-4, 15:27 EDT )-- The Deal Professor examines the antitrust issues and deal-completion risks in Avis's bid for Dollar Thrifty, as well as those in Hertz's offer.
Shares Turn Higher as Traders Look to Jobs Report (Aug-4, 15:20 EDT )-- Shares were driven by reports that private employers added 42,000 jobs in July and that growth in services sector was better than expected.
Hepatitis and Cholesterol Drugs Show Promise (Aug-4, 14:50 EDT )-- Two late-stage clinical trials for a Merck drug and for a drug by Isis and Genzyme demonstrated success, the companies said.
German Agency Warns of Flaw in Apple’s Mobile Software (Aug-4, 14:50 EDT )-- The German Federal Office for Information Security said its own technical experts had confirmed the vulnerabilities in several versions of iOS.
No-Contract Cellphones Offering More Choices (Aug-4, 14:34 EDT )-- Offering greater freedom and long-term savings, no-contract plans are on the rise, with many options available and a growing clientele.
The Choppy History of Management Buyouts (Aug-4, 14:25 EDT )-- Leonard Riggio may be the most likely bidder for Barnes & Noble, but the history of management buyouts has been rocky at best.
Reader Feedback: Work and Parenthood (Aug-4, 14:24 EDT )-- David Leonhardt responds to reader comments and questions about balancing work and family, and whether women are unfairly penalized in the job market if they have children.
Products of the Pros: Credit Scores (Aug-4, 14:00 EDT )-- John Ulzheimer, president of consumer education for Credit.com, shares his strategies for keeping his credit scores high.
States' Tax Holidays Are Irresponsible, Critics Say (Aug-4, 14:00 EDT )-- Almost a dozen states will hold sales tax holidays for back-to-school shoppers this weekend. The idea is to boost sales by suspending sales taxes on school supplies and clothes. But with states facing an estimated collective budget gap of nearly $84...
BP’s Next Chief, Robert Dudley, Makes a Stop in Moscow (Aug-4, 12:40 EDT )-- Robert Dudley made a crucial protocol stop as he shifts the focus away from plugging the leak in the gulf to selling assets to pay for its cleanup.
Bevy Of Billionaires Vow To Give Half Their Wealth (Aug-4, 12:37 EDT )-- Forty wealthy families and individuals, including Michael Bloomberg and Larry Ellison, have joined Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett in a pledge to give at least half their wealth to charity.
Movies and TV Lift Time Warner Earnings (Aug-4, 12:29 EDT )-- Time Warner reported an increase in second quarter earnings.
BP Says 'Static Kill' Is Holding Back Flow Of Oil (Aug-4, 12:02 EDT )-- As BP engineers were monitoring the well's stability and deciding whether to pump in cement, the federal government released a report concluding that 75 percent of the oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico no longer poses a potential risk to the shoreline....
In Settlement, Intel Agrees To Be Friendly To Rivals (Aug-4, 11:04 EDT )-- Intel has agreed to change some of its practices to settle a federal antitrust lawsuit alleging a decade of abuse. As part of the deal, Intel has agreed not to pay computer makers for avoiding rivals' chips or retaliate against them when they do pick...
With A Life-Saving Medicine In Short Supply, Patients Want Patent Broken (Aug-4, 10:48 EDT )-- A biotech medicine for people with a rare genetic disease is in such short supply that some patients want the government to break the company's patent. The unprecedented move would clear the way for another company to make the drug.
Outsourcing to India Draws Western Lawyers (Aug-4, 10:33 EDT )-- American and British lawyers â€" who might once have turned up their noses at the idea of moving to India â€" are re-evaluating.
Mad About Corporate Political Donations, Customers Boycott Target, Best Buy (Aug-4, 08:21 EDT )-- After the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision, Target, Best Buy, and several other companies donated to MN Forward, a PAC that supported a conservative candidate for governor in Minnesota.
A Broader Way of Measuring Poverty Proves Controversial (Aug-4, 07:29 EDT )-- A new way to measure poverty shakes up traditional rankings of the nations with the most people living in want, but it's controversial. It takes into account not just income but nutrition, living conditions and other factors.
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