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(Adds table) KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 (Reuters) - Exports of Malaysian palm oil products from May 1 to 25 fell 5.2 percent to 1,064,925 tonnes from 1,123,129 tonnes shipped during April 1 to 25, cargo surveyor ...

Department of Justice lawyers filed court papers Friday again asking a federal appeals court to delay lifting age restrictions and prescription requirements on an emergency contraceptive popularly known ...

REUTERS - Google Inc(GOOG.O) intends to finance, build and help operate wireless networks from sub-Saharan Africa to Southeast Asia, hoping to connect a billion or so people in emerging countries to the ...

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___ Summer travel forecast: Better, but no blowout This summer, high rollers are flying to lavish hot spots for their vacations. The rest of us are driving to less luxurious places like nearby campgrounds. ...

By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Automattic, the company that operates blogging service WordPress.com, announced a $50 million investment from hedge fund and private-equity investor Tiger Global ...

Shares of some top staffing companies were mixed at the close of trading: Kelly Services Inc. class A rose $.05 or .3 percent, to $17.51. Korn/Ferry International Inc. unchanged at $17.44. ManpowerGroup ...

Shares of some top credit card companies were mixed at the close of trading: American Express Co. rose $.58 or .8 percent, to $75.27. Capital One Financial Corp. fell $.11 or .2 percent, to $61.13. Discover ...

Shares of some top construction companies were down at the close of trading: Fluor fell $1.25 or 1.9 percent, to $63.68. Foster Wheeler fell $.49 or 2.1 percent, to $22.74. Quanta Services Inc. fell $.44 ...

Microsoft Azure, the cloud platform and app engine, is to launch in mainland China in June. CEO Steve Ballmer was in Beijing earlier this week and also revealed that Microsoft will hire several thousand ...

ISTA Pharmaceuticals Inc. pleaded guilty on Friday in a federal case involving its eye drug Xibrom, admitting it promoted the drug for unapproved uses and agreeing to pay $33.5 million in fines and fees. ...

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Here's a look at Netflix since its stock peaked in July 2011 at nearly $305. Netflix had just announced an unpopular price increase in the U.S., and investors got worried by the intensity of the customer ...

KBR Ltd. announced that it has received a contract by the Dos Republicas Coal Partnership to provide detailed engineering and technical assistance services.

Without even thinking, Joe Ortner rattles off a list of items on his family's dairy farm that could kill you: 1,000 gallons of diesel, 500 gallons of gas, cleaning chemicals in the milking parlor, oil ...

We have maintained our Neutral recommendation on Northrop Grumman Corporation on May 22, 2013.

News Corp. is planning to split into two companies. One company will operate as a newspaper and book publisher and will retain the News Corp. name. The other will be an entertainment company, called 21st ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The Co-operative Bank has stopped offering loans to new business customers, part of measures designed to quell growing concerns over its capital position. The bank's parent, the Co-operative ...

DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - Deutsche Post (DPWGn.DE) has filed a complaint with the European Commission against a German law that will require government agencies and public services to use a rival encrypted ...

Goldman Sachs thinks so; the banking giant recently put in a bid to buy Ebix and take it private.

The wholly owned subsidiary of United Continental Holdings Inc. - United Airlines - launched the new United Club in Concourse A at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Norfolk Southern unveiled its Thoroughbred Bulk Transfer terminal in Knoxville.

The New Hampshire Senate's budget committee voted Friday to require hospitals to participate in a managed care network by July 1 if they want state compensation for charity care. The Finance Committee ...

67 WALL STREET, New York - May 24, 2013 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Industrial Equipment, Aerospace and Defense Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors ...

Silvio Berlusconi's figure looms large over Rome's mayoral elections this weekend, even though the former premier isn't among the 19 candidates running. The vote is very much a test of Berlusconi's enduring ...

67 WALL STREET, New York - May 24, 2013 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Industrial Equipment, Aerospace and Defense Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors ...

FMC Technologies Inc. inked a deal with Royal Dutch Shell plc

By Sarah McBride and Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is in talks to buy Waze, an Israeli mapping start-up that has held discussions with several large technology companies, two sources ...

The great game between broadcasters and upstart services that stream TV took another turn this week as Fox and others filed a new copyright lawsuit in Washington, DC.

Student loan company Nelnet has announced it will seek to fill more than 300 jobs in Lincoln over the next three months. The company made the announcement Thursday during its annual shareholders' meeting, ...

Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped by seven this week to 1,762. The Houston-based company said Friday in ...

Honeywell recently announced that indigenous technology of its Turbo Technology division has been used to design and build the turbocharger for Chevrolet Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's economy will recover from a bout of winter weakness but fall well short of the dynamic growth rates of previous years as euro zone recession and global slowdown stunt exports ...

Health insurers in Rhode Island are seeking double-digit increases in the premiums that individuals and small businesses will pay for coverage next year — the largest increases in years — as the federal ...

Fitch Rating is no longer considering lowering its credit rating for Ally Financial after the company agreed to pay $2.1 billion as part of a settlement plan to resolve potential financial claims stemming ...

Shares of some top staffing companies are down at 1 p.m.: Kelly Services Inc. class A unchanged at $17.46. Korn/Ferry International Inc. fell $.03 or .2 percent, to $17.41. ManpowerGroup fell $.72 or 1.3 ...

Shares of some top construction companies are down at 1 p.m.: Fluor fell $1.88 or 2.9 percent, to $63.05. Foster Wheeler fell $.76 or 3.3 percent, to $22.47. Quanta Services Inc. fell $.60 or 2.0 percent, ...

Shares of some top credit card companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: American Express Co. rose $.05 or .1 percent, to $74.74. Capital One Financial Corp. fell $.09 or .1 percent, to $61.15. Discover Financial ...

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Official silence surrounded the case of a Canadian businessman targeted by a corruption probe in Cuba on Friday, as the initial trial of several foreigners suspected of graft entered its second day. Sarkis ...

Eighteen people were taken to the hospital Friday, at least two in serious condition, after they were hurt in a crash between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's airport, officials ...

The first day of US government furloughs imposed by a budget crunch saw more than 100,000 federal workers ordered to stay home Friday, including those at the scandal-plagued IRS. The largest non-weather-related ...

The outlook for Russian ETFs remains cloudy due to some structural issues with the economy.

DuPont has announced its support for the bipartisan Chemical Safety Improvement Act introduced by Senators Frank R. Lautenberg and David Vitter along with other republican and democrat co-sponsors.

A recent report by Navigant Research suggests that shipment of smart meters for the commercial and industrial market will shoot up to $12.7 million annually by 2020 from the present threshold level of ...

The Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange will begin an advertising campaign in mid-June to promote its work in TV spots that will run statewide. Gov. Steve Beshear ordered the creation of the exchange last ...

Shares of Infoblox rose to their highest level on Friday since going public a little more than a year ago. The bounce came as the company's fiscal third-quarter performance beat analysts' estimates, and ...