The WTO settled a long-running dispute over U.S. cotton subsidies in Brazil’s favor, but the controversy isn’t over yet

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Taco Bell Corp. has agreed to settle a sexual harassment complaint stemming from allegations that two teenage employees were raped at a Tennessee restaurant. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Taco Bell agreed to pay two 16-year-old…

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Scott Carson’s resignation follows a succession of delays and production problems with Boeing’s new-generation 787 Dreamliner

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It’s a touch of old Vegas: Vintage neon signs are being restored and will adorn a stretch of downtown’s Las Vegas Boulevard. About 17 signs, some from casinos dating to the 1950s, will be part of the boulevard’s Scenic Byways Plan, said Danielle Kelly,…

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Vintage neon signs to be displayed in Las Vegas

Virginia’s Republican candidate for governor said Monday he no longer believes his argument in a graduate thesis written 20 years ago that discrimination against gays and other groups is acceptable for the benefit of straight, married couples. Bob McDonnell’s…

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An executive shakeup in Boeing Co.’s commercial wing on Monday is the latest wrinkle in the bumpy history of the new-technology 787. Scott E. Carson’s resignation as president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Seattle comes about 2 1/2 weeks after the latest…

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Financier Carl Icahn, one of Yahoo Inc.’s largest stockholders, has sold 12.7 million shares to whittle his holdings in the slumping Internet company down a percentage point to a 4.5 percent stake. The sales occurred in the stock market’s last three trading…

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VMware eased into its annual conference in San Francisco on Aug. 31 with a few small announcements about cost savings and industry partnerships. The spotlight now turns to Chief Executive Paul Maritz, who will give a Sept. 1 keynote address and press conference that will be VMWorld’s …

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Boeing Co. said Monday that Scott Carson will step down as head of its commercial airplane division, ending a tenure marked by costly problems with the company’s much-delayed 787 jetliner. The Chicago-based company said Carson will be succeeded Tuesday by the…

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U.S. Sen. Max Baucus of Montana says a health care overhaul will happen this year even if Republicans back out of bipartisan talks under growing public pressure and that the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy could help hold together a compromise deal. Baucus is…

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The California Assembly has approved a bill seeking to reduce the state corrections budget as Republican lawmakers assailed it as a threat to public safety. Assembly Speaker Karen Bass removed the most controversial provisions from a bill that was passed…

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A federal court in Newark, N.J. has rejected Schering-Plough Corp.’s request for a $473 million tax refund related to the drugmaker’s efforts to avoid paying taxes on $690 million in overseas profits it brought back to the U.S. from offshore subsidiaries….

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Brodie Croyle kept getting hurt and Tyler Thigpen seemed ill-suited for an NFL offense, so the Kansas City Chiefs traded for Matt Cassel and gave him a guaranteed $28 million contract before the first snap. Now Cassel is hurt, Croyle is healthy and Thigpen is…

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Sina Corp., operator of a leading Chinese Internet portal, on Monday predicted third-quarter revenue that is lower than what analysts expect. Sina is looking for $91 million to $94 million in third-quarter revenue. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect,…

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For one year, author Colin Beavan and BusinessWeek’s Michelle Conlin tried to live with no impact on the environment. They talk about how business can adapt to consumers’ green instincts

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Lessons from No Impact Man