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TV-over-Internet service expands despite lawsuits
The Barry Diller-backed Internet company that challenged cable and satellite TV services by offering inexpensive live television online plans to expand beyond New York City this spring.
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CES unveils big TVs with ’ultra-high definition’
The race to make TVs larger and larger has created a colossal problem for manufacturers: As screens grow, picture quality worsens — unless the viewer moves farther away from the screen.
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Massachusetts women at trial: Pregnancy drug caused cancer
Eli Lilly and Co. failed to test a drug’s effect on fetuses before promoting it as a way to prevent miscarriages, a lawyer charged Tuesday in opening statements in a trial over whether four sisters’ breast cancer was caused by medication their mother took during pregnancy.
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Supreme Court seems skeptical about government extension
The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Tuesday about government claims that it should be allowed more time to sue some fund executives for securities fraud.
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Anheuser-Busch debuts beer with Super Bowl ad
Anheuser-Busch InBev said Tuesday that is introducing a new specialty beer — an amber lager with a higher alcohol content — and will promote its new brew with a Super Bowl ad.
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Tax filing season starts Jan. 30 for most filers
The Internal Revenue Service says late changes to federal tax laws should mean only a short delay for most taxpayers to file their 2012 returns.
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Chesapeake CEO to take no bonus in 2012
Chesapeake Energy Corp. disclosed Monday that CEO Aubrey McClendon will not take a bonus for last year and that the company is limiting his use of corporate aircraft.
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Monsanto profit balloons on Latin American sales
Agricultural products giant Monsanto reported Tuesday that its profit nearly tripled in the first fiscal quarter as sales of its biotech corn seeds expanded in Latin America.
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US stocks mixed ahead of earnings season kickoff
U.S. stocks opened mostly lower Tuesday as traders awaited the start of U.S. corporate earnings season.
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Drilling barge pulled from rocks off Alaska island
A Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill vessel pulled from rocks off a remote Alaska island reached shelter Monday morning in a Kodiak Island bay.
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