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Mass. court tosses part of cigarette samples case
BOSTON — Massachusetts’ highest court says the family of a late Boston woman who got free cigarette samples as a child can keep $35 million in compensatory damages, but it threw out an $81 million ...
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Google snaps up Waze to add to mapping service
SAN FRANCISCO — Google has purchased online mapping service Waze for in a deal that keeps a potentially valuable tool away from its rivals while gaining technology that could improve the accuracy a...
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World air fleet to double in 20 years, Boeing says
PARIS — Boeing expects its global aircraft demand to double in the next two decades with most of the orders coming from Asia, an executive from the US airplane-maker says. Speaking ahead of the ...
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Associated Press Comcast Corp. CEO Brian Roberts gestures as he speaks during The Cable Show 2013 convention Tuesday in Washington. TV was supposed to everywhere by now --on your smartphone, on your tablet.
Officials: Despite efforts, TV isn’t everywhere yet
WASHINGTON — TV was supposed to be everywhere by now — watchable anytime, anywhere, on your smartphone or tablet. But four years into the industry’s effort, network executives readily admit: TV isn...
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Jobs
From May 30 to Wednesday, the Office of Employment and Training added more than 50 jobs to its database for regional employers, listed below are the first 50 (in Paducah unless noted otherwise): cu...
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Wal-Mart plans stock buybacks
Attention wal-mart investors: Wal-Mart will repurchase up to $15 billion of its shares. Mexico mess: The program comes as Wal-Mart encounters concerns over how it handled bribery allegations tha...
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Weight loss drug Belviq gets overdue US launch
WASHINGTON — Arena Pharmaceuticals says its weight loss drug Belviq will be available to U.S. patients beginning next week, nearly a year after the drug was officially approved by federal regulator...
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NASA mulls naming center for Armstrong
LOS ANGELES — Neil Armstrong’s name is attached to a lunar crater, an asteroid, more than a dozen schools and a museum. But there’s no NASA center named for the man whose “giant leap” made him t...
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German economy recovering after weak patch
BERLIN — Germany’s central bank on Friday lowered its growth forecast for this year but said a recovery had already started, as evidenced by a rise in export and industry figures in Europe’s larges...
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Walmart CEO Mike Duke speaks to a crowd of shareholders from around the world during the Wal-Mart shareholders meeting in Fayetteville, Ark., Friday, June 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
Wal-Mart plans $15 billion more in stock buybacks
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart’s biggest news at its annual meeting on Friday was that the world’s largest retailer will repurchase up to $15 billion of its shares at a time when the behemoth faces ...
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