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Cnet buy puts CBS in top 10 Web properties - San Francisco Chronicle

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Cnet buy puts CBS in top 10 Web properties
San Francisco Chronicle - 2 hours ago
CBS Corp. completed its $1.8 billion purchase of San Francisco's Cnet Networks Inc. on Monday in a deal that makes CBS one of the top 10 largest Web properties.
CBS completes acquisition of CNet Networks Forbes
CBS Interactive absorbs CNET Variety
Washington Post - Reuters - Hollywood Reporter - Television Week
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Georgia Court Orders Greenhouse-Gas Limits - Wall Street Journal

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Georgia Court Orders Greenhouse-Gas Limits
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
In a decision with potentially significant ramifications for power companies and the national debate over global warming, a state court in Georgia ruled Monday that a proposed coal-burning power plant can't proceed unless its carbon-dioxide emissions
Georgia Judge Cites Carbon Dioxide in Denying Coal Plant Permit New York Times
Georgia Judge Overturns Power Plant Permit On CO2 Emissions CNNMoney.com
Reuters - Forbes - Houston Chronicle - WALB-TV
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Teva Pharmaceutical Begins to Ship - Wall Street Journal

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Teva Pharmaceutical Begins to Ship
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. received US Food and Drug Administration approval for its generic version of schizophrenia treatment Risperdal, developed by Johnson & Johnson unit Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
UPDATE 1-Teva wins US approval for generic Risperdal Reuters
Teva receives FDA approval for generic Risperdal BusinessWeek
Wall Street Journal Blogs - FDA.gov - RTT News - Market Intelligence Center
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Deal Is Struck in Montana to Preserve Forest Areas - New York Times

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Deal Is Struck in Montana to Preserve Forest Areas
New York Times - 2 hours ago
Plum Creek Timber, which owns the Montana lands above, is selling hundreds of square miles to two conservation groups. By KIRK JOHNSON DENVER - A huge patchwork of privately owned forest in northwest Montana - much of it abutting wilderness,
Rocky Mountain conservation deal tops $500 million The Associated Press
Conservationists to Buy 500 Square Miles of Montana Timberlands Environment News Service
Flathead Beacon - Bizjournals.com - The Missoulian - Seattle Times
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Stocks Wrap Up First Half of 2008 With Double-Digit Declines

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NEW YORK, June 30 — Wall Street ended a grueling first half of the year quietly Monday, closing mixed as investors again based their trades on what has become the dominant force in the market: the price of oil. The major indicators closed out the first six months of 2008 with double-digit declines and are perilously close to a bear market.

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Alzheimer's Failure For Myriad Genetics - Forbes

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Alzheimer's Failure For Myriad Genetics
Forbes - 1 hour ago
Myriad Genetics struck out with an experimental Alzheimer's treatment, but at least its expenses will go down. On Monday, biotechnology company Myriad Genetics (nasdaq: MYGN - news - people ) announced that it will end the development of Flurizan,
Myriad Genetics Stops Work on Alzheimer’s Drug New York Times
Lundbeck, Myriad Shares Fall on Alzheimer's Setback (Update1) Bloomberg
CNNMoney.com - BioWorld Online - FOXBusiness - Reuters
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Wal-Mart revamping its US store logo - Reuters

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Wal-Mart revamping its US store logo
Reuters - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, after refreshing its company slogan last year, is now revamping its US store logo. The world's largest retailer said on its website on Monday the logo change was "part of an ongoing evolution of its overall
Wal-Mart's alleged logo makeover: a good move? BusinessWeek
Wal-Mart plans to unveil new store logo: Journal MarketWatch
BloggingStocks - Arizona Republic - The Associated Press - Home Textiles Today
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Reid: Government should help solar power industry - BusinessWeek

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Reid: Government should help solar power industry
BusinessWeek - 1 hour ago
By LAURA E. DAVIS US Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada used the opening of the first solar power manufacturing plant in North America to call for government incentives to help the alternative energy industry.
Ausra opens first manufacturing plant in Nevada Reuters
Ausra's Las Vegas solar thermal plant comes online CNET News
Fox5 KVVU - Biloxi Sun Herald
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Despite Currency Boost, H&R Block Posts a Loss - New York Times

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Despite Currency Boost, H&R Block Posts a Loss
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By REUTERS The tax preparer H&R Block said Monday that it swung to a quarterly profit, beating estimates, as the weak dollar helped raise revenue 11 percent.
H&R Block Turns The Corner Forbes
H&R Block shares rise on outlook MarketWatch
Wall Street Journal - The Associated Press - Bloomberg - Reuters
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Ex-Home Depot employee pleads guilty in fraud case - Reuters

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Ex-Home Depot employee pleads guilty in fraud case
Reuters - 2 hours ago
NEW YORK, June 30 (Reuters) - A former Home Depot Inc (HD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) employee has pleaded guilty to charges that he ran a kickback scam that defrauded the home improvement retailer out of millions of dollars, the US Department of
Former Home Depot Executive Pleads Guilty in Kickback Case Wall Street Journal
Tesvich pleads guilty to tax evasion, defrauding Home Depot Bizjournals.com
Atlanta Journal Constitution - NorthFulton.com - WCTV - PR Newswire (press release)
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