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Updated 19 minutes ago
When hedge-fund investor Mark Rachesky faced off against Carl Icahn in a battle for Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., he knew his adversary well.
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Exxon Mobil Corp., on trial in New Hampshire for contaminating residents’ drinking water with a gasoline additive, will try to persuade a jury that federal law required the use of the chemical and that it didn’t harm anyone.
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The Pentagon has offered little guidance to contractors that may be hurt by $46 billion in defense spending cutbacks over the next seven months, even as a budget document showed the effect on procurement accounts that pay companies from Lockheed Martin Corp. to Raytheon Co.
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Doctors say they have cured an infant born with HIV for the first time by giving her a cocktail of drugs shortly after birth, a result that could point the way toward saving the lives of thousands more infected children.
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Updated 43 minutes ago
Top-earning gay couples who married in states where the law permits it may soon be paying more in income taxes as the U.S. Supreme Court considers the legality of same-sex unions.
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President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress are squandering an “almost once-in-generational opportunity for America to solve its fiscal problems,” former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said.
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Cybersecurity should be made the top issue in any U.S. trade discussions with China as a way to pressure the government in Beijing to halt rampant computer espionage, U.S. House Intelligence Committee Mike Rogers said.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said fourth- quarter profit rose 49 percent on gains tied to derivatives wagers made by billionaire Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Warren Buffett.
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Money managers removed a record $4.23 billion from commodity funds in the week ended Feb. 27, led by declines in precious-metal holdings, as raw materials capped the biggest monthly loss since October.
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Natural gas futures retreated from a one-month high in New York as signs of warmer weather signaled reduced heating-fuel demand.
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