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Oil falls near $98 a barrel before Bernanke speaks

The price of oil fell Wednesday, before the conclusion of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting.

NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS

Dish won't submit revised bid for Sprint

Satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday it would not submit a revised bid for Sprint, leaving the path open for the wireless carrier to accept what it already considers a superior offer from Japan's Softbank.

TECHNOLOGY

A look at Netflix's international expansion

Netflix Inc. got its start renting DVDs through the mail in the U.S. during the late 1990s and added Internet video streaming in 2007. It has been expanding globally with a streaming-only service. Here's a look at its international expansion so far.

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TECHNOLOGY

Netflix to expand to Netherlands later this year

Netflix is going Dutch.

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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS

Japan's trade deficit climbs to $10.5B in May

Japan's trade deficit rose nearly 10 percent in May to 993.9 billion yen (nearly $10.5 billion) as rising costs for imports due to the cheaper yen matched a rebound in exports, the Ministry of Finance reported Wednesday.

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SEC to require mea culpas in some big settlements

The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission says the agency will start requiring companies and individuals to admit wrongdoing in some big settlements.

TECHNOLOGY

DreamWorks says TV revenue to hit $200M by 2015

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., the studio behind "Shrek" and "Kung Fu Panda," said Tuesday that a new deal to provide original TV shows to Netflix will help it double the revenue it gets from TV shows to $200 million by 2015.