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Time Warner Cable Expands Internet Usage Pricing

Gov. Jim Gibbons can be questioned by lawyers in a civil suit filed by a former administrator who claims she was improperly fired from the governor’s office, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. Magistrate Robert McQuaid said attorneys for Mary Keating will be…

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Judge refuses to block Nevada governor’s testimony

China will launch a long-awaited stock exchange for smaller companies on May 1 in an effort to promote growth of more innovative industries, the government announced Tuesday. The Growth Enterprise Board will accept companies with smaller assets and annual…

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China to launch exchange for smaller companies

MySpace is working with Citysearch to let people review businesses like bars and restaurants. It’s part of MySpace’s plan to evolve beyond its status as a social hub for music and celebrity fans. The new site, called MySpace Local, merges Citysearch’s huge…

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MySpace to launch local business site for reviews

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, with the market poised for its best month in six years, as positive news from European financial institutions lifted bank shares and a broker upgrade for Microsoft helped lift tech shares.

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Wall Street set for best month in 6 years on tech, banks

Regional banking company Iberiabank Corp. said Tuesday that it has returned $90 million it took from the U.S. Treasury under a program designed for healthy banks to stimulate lending during the current credit crisis. The money was obtained from the federal…

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Iberiabank returns money intended for loaning

Evelyn Y. Davis was raking CEOs over the coals before it was popular. Famous for hogging the microphone _ and sometimes stealing the show _ at shareholder meetings around the country, Davis is being honored by the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday when she…

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The gadfly gets her day: Davis to ring NYSE bell

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alcoa Inc rebounded on the stock market on Tuesday, a day after tumbling 14 percent and a week before it reports fourth-quarter results, and analysts said an upgrade by Deutsche Bank and a report suggesting Alcoa might be a takeover target of mining group BHP Billiton contributed to the stock boost.

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Alcoa stock up on upgrade, takeover speculation

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Stocks: An Upward March

SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON (Reuters) – Global information technology spending will fare worse in 2009 than during the dotcom bubble collapse of 2001, industry research firm Gartner Inc said on Tuesday in cutting earlier projections.

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Tech spending may fall more in ’09 than post-dotcom

Hedge funds generally accept the Obama administration’s proposal to require managers to register with regulators, but want to ensure their information will be kept confidential when Congress acts, the head of the industry’s trade group said Tuesday. Throwing…

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Hedge funds generally accept Obama oversight plan

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, setting the stage for the market’s best month in six years as positive news from European financial institutions lifted bank shares and Microsoft jumped following a broker’s upgrade.

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Banks, techs set stocks up for best month in 6 years