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Hewlett-Packard bets EDS will fuel hot streak
With its second-largest deal, computer giant hopes to grab bigger share of the $550 billion technology-services market.
Lenovo exploits ties to Games
Asian PC maker's ads spreading west.
Radio spots will accentuate the positive
The economy's tanking, the mortgage market is a mess, and the cost of gas is rapidly approaching the once-unthinkable price of $4 a gallon.
Study: Pill-popping is ritual for majority of us
High cholesterol, diabetes, obesity lead to increase in prescriptions.
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New data are likely to show that soaring energy costs boosted inflation last month.
Showdown possible as Icahn scoops up Yahoo shares
Business Briefs: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is reportedly loading up on Yahoo's stock in preparation for a possible attempt to shove aside the Internet icon's board and bring the company's disillusioned suitor, Microsoft, back to the bargaining table.
China trade office in budget
Business Briefs: North Carolina could finally be adding a trade office in China. Gov. Mike Easley's proposed budget calls for spending $375,000 to put an office in Shanghai for the International Trade Division of Business and Industry in the state Department of Comm
Craigslist countersues eBay
Business Briefs: Craigslist countersued its minority owner, eBay, alleging the online auctioneer is competing illegally with the classified advertising Web site.
Tiny Smart is safe, tests show
Insurance industry research addresses concern as consumers look to save gas.
Fewer fliers packed tighter
Airlines try to offset higher fuel costs.
Quake won't cripple China
Analysts predict a limited jolt.
Business Doings
The state's electric cooperatives have formed GreenCo Solutions, a consulting organization that will design energy-efficiency programs and alternative energy options to meet growing demand.
Vista underwhelming: What now, Microsoft?
Computers:With Microsoft's bid for Yahoo shelved (at least for now), the quiet after the storm may be a time for reflection.
Durham tops Raleigh, list says
Fortune ranks business climate.
Philanthropy
Carolina Hurricanes' Kids 'N Community Foundation announced that 20 charities will get $220,169 in grants during the foundation's spring and summer cycle. The grants bring the foundation's annual total to $578,094, distributed to 37 st
Bankruptcies
, P.O. Box 98, Morrisville, 27560-0098; assets, $12,409; debts, $129,729.29; major creditor, Bank of America, $89,700; attorney, Travis Sasser, Case 08-03095-8-ATS, May 7.
Retail, oil data sway markets
Blue chips down as oil prices spike; bonds fall on better-than-feared retail report.
Strength of retail sales a surprise for analysts
Auto buying slumps, but economy bearing up elsewhere.
Philadelphia Wi-Fi plan withers
Technical glitches undermine several cities' ambitions of being tech innovators.
Rule changes may derail suits
Agency denies undercutting litigation.
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