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Updated 34 minutes ago
The Colorado Avalanche reached an agreement in principle with Patrick Roy to become the franchise’s next coach and vice president of hockey operations, the National Hockey League team said.
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Updated 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
Hewlett-Packard Co. and investors who are suing over the company’s $8.8 billion writedown related to the acquisition of Autonomy Corp. are jointly asking a federal judge to put the case on hold until July 31.
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Updated 42 minutes ago
Salesforce.com Inc., the largest maker of online customer-management tools, forecast profit for the fiscal second quarter that missed some analysts’ estimates as companies curtail spending on new business software.
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Updated 25 minutes ago
Google Inc., maker of the Android operating system, is considering buying map-software provider Waze Inc., setting up a possible bidding war with Facebook Inc., people familiar with the matter said.
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Updated 14 minutes ago
Google Inc. is facing a new antitrust probe by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission into whether the company is using its leadership in the online display- advertising market to illegally curb competition, people familiar with the matter said.
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Updated 59 minutes ago
Roaches that have been hard to exterminate may be a variety that have decided sugar doesn’t taste quite so sweet as bait anymore, researchers found.
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Updated 59 minutes ago
Fannie Mae is snatching potential profits away from mortgage lenders as it posts record earnings that are fueling industry concern the government-backed company is regaining its swagger even as lawmakers plot its demise.
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Updated 42 minutes ago
Pandora Media Inc., the biggest online radio service, reported a first-quarter loss that matched analysts’ estimates as mobile revenue surged and the company controlled costs. The stock rose in late trading.
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Updated 51 minutes ago
The novel coronavirus found in Saudi Arabia has been patented by scientists outside the country, Deputy Health Minister Ziad Memish told the World Health Assembly in Geneva.
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Updated 46 minutes ago
Austin Ventures, the biggest backer of technology startups in Texas’s capital city, is reducing the size of its next fund by half from its prior fund as it focuses on younger companies, said two people familiar with the matter.
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