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Calls poured in to consumer affairs agency over SC tax record hacking
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Sprint boosts buyout offer for Clearwire
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Microsoft expected to reveal next-generation Xbox
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German central bank: Economy to improve 'markedly'
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Best Buy reports 1Q loss on restructuring costs
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United restarts 787 flights after battery fix
United Airlines is again flying the 787, four months after smoldering batteries forced the plane to be grounded worldwide.
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Midlands People & Achievements
Brent Nelsen, chairman of the ETV Commission since 2011, has been nominated by President Barack Obama for the board of directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The corporation, established by Congress in 1967, is the steward of the ...
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Futures fall as markets await hints from Fed
U.S. stock futures are down in light trading ahead of an appearance this week by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke before Congress.
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TECHNOLOGY
Apple's Cook to face Senate questions on taxes
A Senate panel says Apple Inc. is avoiding paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes, but the world's most valuable company says it is complying with the laws and pays "an extraordinary amount" in taxes to the U.S. government.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Vodafone annual profits up 1.9 percent
U.K.-based mobile telecoms company Vodafone has reported a 1.9 increase in annual profits despite a slowdown in much of its European operations.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Burberry's profit hit by perfume deal's demise
British luxury brand Burberry says that the end of a perfume licensing deal depressed its bottom line, dragging net profit down 3 percent for the year ending on March 31.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Housing recovery boosts Home Depot 1Q results
Even though the weather was poor, Home Depot posted an 18 percent increase in its net income for the first quarter thanks to the ongoing housing recovery.
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TECHNOLOGY
Sprint to listen to Dish offer
Wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp. says it can now let Dish Network Corp. see its books and talk with Dish to see whether its competing offer to buy Sprint is better than its current deal with Japan's SoftBank.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Average credit card debt, late payments fall in 1Q
Americans got better about paying their credit card debt on time in the first three months of the year, a period when many borrowers use income tax returns to tackle their holiday season debt.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
SBA starting new lending program for veterans
The Small Business Administration says it has lined up pledges from more than 120 banks to increase lending to veterans.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
British inflation eases by more than expected
Official figures show that consumer price inflation in Britain eased in April, largely on the back of lower fuel prices and airfares.
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TECHNOLOGY
Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?
Thomas Sohmers, 17, of Hudson, Mass., has been working at a research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since he was 13, developing projects ranging from augmented reality eyewear to laser communications systems. This spring, his mom, Penny Mills, let him drop out of 11th grade. She...







