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Amgen Inc.’s second-quarter profit slipped 7.6% as a series of restructuring and other charges further stunted a second quarter already hit by a continued […]

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Singapore's industrial production rose for the first time in three months in June, as electronics and pharmaceutical companies increased output.
Manufacturing, which accounts for […]

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Yahoo said Monday it will add Carl Icahn to its board as part of a deal reached with the activist investor over the online […]

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A lawyer for Mattel Inc. says a jury has ruled that a designer conceived a competitor’s Bratz doll characters while working for Mattel.
John Quinn, […]

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EBay Inc. said Wednesday that its second-quarter profit jumped 22%, as the online auction company enjoyed strong growth in its e-commerce sites and PayPal […]

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Pfizer Inc. is cutting 275 jobs at its biggest manufacturing plant, in Michigan, in its latest restructuring move.
The job eliminations in Kalamazoo will affect […]

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NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out […]

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Taiwan's June export growth probably slowed as demand from the U.S. and Europe faltered while inflation probably accelerated to its highest this year on […]

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Support was collapsing for Peru’s nationwide mining strike on Friday as employees at several big mines returned to work, against the wishes of labor […]

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Orders placed with U.S. factories probably rose in May as the surge in oil prices kept refineries busy, economists said before a report today. […]

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