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'); document.write(''); document.write('SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two men accused of the rare charge of economic espionage against the U.S. have been acquitted on two counts, but they could face a retrial on three other counts on which a jury deadlocked.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co.\'s cost-cutting and push into new markets is helping soften the blow from weakness in the company\'s mainstay businesses.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — The struggling online video startup Joost, begun with much fanfare by the creators of Skype and Kazaa, has been sold to an online advertising company.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union antitrust regulators on Tuesday dropped a monopoly abuse probe into wireless chip maker Qualcomm Inc. after mobile phone companies withdrew complaints about high royalty fees.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Laura Fitton\'s ascent has been staggering: In less than a year, she\'s become mayor of nine different places in several different states, all without giving any speeches or kissing any babies.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google Inc. has snapped up another startup in its quest to sell more visual advertising on the Web.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('HELSINKI (AP) — Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it is axing 220 jobs at research and development units in Japan as the world\'s largest mobile phone maker continues to cut costs.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('MONTREAL (AP) — A Canadian woman on sick leave for depression said Monday she would fight an insurance company\'s decision to cut her benefits after her agent found photos on Facebook of her vacationing, at a bar and at a party.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers are thinking beyond Cyber Monday — a holiday marketing promotion many push for the Monday after Thanksgiving — and trying to spin their discounts into into Cyber Weekends or even Cyber Weeks.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Barnes & Noble on Tuesday posted a larger second-quarter loss than last year and lowered its profit forecast for this quarter in anticipation of weak holiday sales and high costs of launching its electronic book reader, the Nook.
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