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Nintendo Co. fended off a second U.S. patent-infringement case this month against its Wii video-game system, adding to a trend of companies fighting royalty demands and winning.
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Paul Laney landed a job two months ago as a home inspector in Woodstock, Georgia, as the city added staff to oversee a growing residential construction industry. “I am really ecstatic about it,” said Laney, 52, who closed his own contracting business in 2007.
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The National Football League and retired players who sued over the uncompensated use of their likenesses for promotions asked a U.S. judge for preliminary approval of a $50 million settlement.
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Florida Gulf Coast University already has made history at the men’s national college basketball tournament, and sports bettors in Las Vegas now are counting on the high-flying Eagles to make them some money.
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Andy Enfield couldn’t get basketball out of his blood, even after he helped build a health-care contract-management software company.
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The Boston Red Sox will open pre- season camp without outfield prospect Bryce Brentz, who the Major League Baseball team said is recovering after shooting himself in the leg while cleaning his handgun.
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VirnetX Holding Corp. dropped its bid to get a U.S. trade panel to ban imports of the iPhone in March, after winning a $368 million jury verdict over Apple Inc.’s use of patented networking technology without permission.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Sandra Pianalto said the gains from the Fed’s $85 billion in monthly bond purchase may fade.
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Florida ’s Lee County sold $81.2 million of bonds to keep an attraction that generates $21 million a year in tourism: the Boston Red Sox.
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Consumers and businesses are treating higher payroll taxes and federal spending cuts as just a speed bump for a U.S. economy poised to accelerate later this year.
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