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Study Says Colon Test Saves Lives
A major new study found that colonoscopies save lives, providing long-missing evidence to support one of medicine's least popular preventive tests.
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Microsoft Slams Google on Patents
Microsoft is complaining to European regulators that Motorola Mobility and its soon-to-be-owner Google are misusing patents to gain an upper hand in the mobile-device market.
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Kinnucan Released From Jail
A research consultant was ordered to be released from jail after he was arrested last week on charges that he obtained nonpublic information from technology-company insiders and sold it to hedge funds and other clients.
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Fuller Brush Files for Bankruptcy
Fuller Brush, a faded business icon known for its army of door-to-door salespeople and the mark it left on popular culture, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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GM Tries to Solve European Riddle
General Motors and French car maker Peugeot Citroën are discussing a European auto alliance as the two grapple with weak sales and a raging price war on the continent.
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SEC May Ticket Speeding Traders
SEC Chairman Schapiro said she is worried about the role of high-frequency traders in the stock market and hinted at new policies aimed at curbing frenetic market activity.
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Warning Is Issued About Plane Glut
The head of aircraft-leasing company AerCap warned that Airbus and Boeing are building too many planes.
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BATS Gets Closer to Going Public
BATS Global Markets may launch its long-planned initial public offering by the end of March in what would be the first U.S. flotation in almost four years launched on an exchange not run by NYSE Euronext or Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.
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New J&J Chief to Face Repair Jobs
Alex Gorsky's biggest order of business as new CEO may involve repairing another J&J business: consumer products.
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World Bank Punishes Alstom
The World Bank is temporarily blacklisting and fining two subsidiaries of French engineering firm Alstom over bribes allegedly offered to gain a power-plant contract in Zambia.
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Asian Shares Mostly Down
Asian shares were mostly lower amid concerns over Europe's economic outlook and the implementation of Greece's debt deal, while political drama dragged the Australian dollar. The Nikkei slipped 0.2%.
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G-20 Asks Europe to Beef Up Funds
Members of the Group of 20 advanced and developing economies plan to renew pressure on Europeans in coming days to expand their Continent-wide bailout funds, despite the latest rescue deal for Greece.
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Verizon Rivals Push FCC to Block Spectrum Buy
T-Mobile and MetroPCS are asking regulators to block Verizon Wireless's $3.9 billion purchase of airwave rights held by cable companies.
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Home Resales Climb Higher
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose last month to the highest level in more than 1½ years, while the inventory of unsold homes contracted to a level economists consider healthy, positive signs for housing.
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H-P Profit Falls 44% as Revenue Slips
Hewlett-Packard's fiscal first-quarter earnings fell 44% as sales in the company's personal computers business continued to fall.
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Tech Giants Agree to App Privacy Policies
California's Attorney General reached an agreement with six of the largest companies in the mobile device market that could change how app makers handle personal data and how millions of people download apps.
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Dow Snaps Win Streak
Stocks faltered for the first day in four amid caution on the European economy and uncertainty about the implementation of Greece's debt deal.
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China's Geely Turns to Egypt
Geely and an Egyptian car-assembly company plan to start assembling cars this year for sale across North Africa. Geely also will establish a 50-50 joint venture with its Volvo unit in China, bowing to regulators.
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Google Seeks Approval for Video Service
Google applied last week to provide video service to residents of Kansas City, Mo., setting the stage for the Web giant to offer a cable-TV-like package in addition to high-speed Internet service it plans to sell there.
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Asian Companies Rush to Borrow
Asian companies are tapping bond markets at a record pace, worried that the euro-zone crisis may deepen and make it impossible for them to secure funds later in the year, say bankers who arrange borrowing.
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