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Updated 57 minutes ago
Intuit Inc., the largest seller of personal-finance software, reported fiscal third-quarter sales and profit that topped analysts’ estimates as more customers used Web tools for tax-preparation and other tasks.
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Updated 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
Spot gasoline in the U.S. Pacific Northwest dropped by the most against futures since February as tankers carried oil products to the region and a Royal Dutch Shell Plc refinery recovered from a power failure.
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Updated 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
Primus Power, a closely held battery maker, may announce next month a third customer that’ll use its systems to store excess power from a wind farm, according to Chief Executive Officer Tom Stepien.
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Updated 2 hours, 23 minutes ago
NetApp Inc., the data-storage company under pressure from an activist investor to boost shareholder value, said it’s cutting jobs and planning to return cash through stock buybacks and dividends.
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Updated 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
The dollar fell against the euro for a second day as comments from Federal Reserve policy makers fueled speculation Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will tell Congress tomorrow the pace of monetary stimulus should be maintained.
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Updated 4 minutes ago
Microsoft Corp. unveiled its first new Xbox in almost eight years, seeking to position the console at the center of games and home entertainment against a growing roster of competitors that includes Apple Inc. to Facebook Inc.
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Updated 3 hours, 28 minutes ago
Credit Suisse Group AG sold $31 million of one-year notes tied to Priceline.com Inc., more than five times the size of the next-biggest such offering.
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Updated 18 minutes ago
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook went somewhere his predecessor never ventured: the witness table at a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill.
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Updated 1 hour, 38 minutes ago
Tuba player Andrew Schwartz quit the Manhattan School of Music in 2011 when he saw opportunities shrinking and orchestras struggling. After a series of low-paid jobs such as selling stocks by phone, he left the workforce in August to pursue a master’s degree in business administration.
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Updated 6 minutes ago
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William C. Dudley said he has not decided whether the Fed’s next move should be to enlarge or shrink its bond buying program as he called for a fresh look at its eventual retreat from record asset purchases.
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