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The Bloomington, Ill.-based company says the hiring will replace positions it has left open as the country's economy struggled the past few years.

A federal appeals court says a former in-house lawyer for the Japanese automaker must pay $2.6 million for disclosing confidential information.

Shares of the cosmetics company fell after the beauty products company issued a fiscal third-quarter earnings forecast well below Wall Street's expectations.

The nation's biggest meat company says its fiscal first-quarter profit fell by nearly half from last year as higher feed costs cut into the company's profit margins. 

The move is in response to a court ruling sought by the cellphone maker that Apple should not be using its mobile technology in the devices without a license. 

Oil prices are at $96 a barrel in Asia as traders await a key jobs report for evidence about the strength of the U.S. economy.

The electronics giant is vowing to keep fighting Apple over intellectual property after a German court ruled in favor of the South Korean company.

Retailers reported mixed sales results for the month in a sign that U.S. consumers continue to be cautious about when and where they spend their money in the shaky economy. 

The social media website's public stock offering apparently will not affect its company co-founder's pledge of shares worth $100 million to the the school system in the New Jersey city.

The CEOs of some of the nation's biggest homebuilding companies say the housing market appears to have stabilized.

The Humane Society of the United States is welcoming a statement from Hormel Foods Corp. that its company-owned farms are phasing out the use of small metal crates for confining pregnant hogs by the end of 2017.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is pushing back against critics of the 2010 financial overhaul, saying tighter regulations are making the financial system stronger and safer.

The private student lender Sallie Mae is changing how it handles a fee charged to struggling borrowers who seek to temporarily suspend payments.

The company says its revenue at stores open at least a year rose 4.3 percent in January, easily topping Wall Street's expectations.

The cereal maker says its fourth-quarter net income rose 23 percent as higher revenue in North America helped offset weakness in Latin America and Europe.

Retailers reported mixed sales results in a sign that American shoppers are continuing to be cautious about when and where they spend their money in the shaky economy.

The airline's parent wants to eliminate about 15 percent of its workforce as part of its restructuring under bankruptcy protection.

The company has launched a watered-down version of its online shopping portal.

Microsoft took out full-age ads in major newspapers Wednesday, slamming policy changes at search rival Google that allow it to merge user data across its services.

Investors in Washington Mutual will drop a lawsuit against the failed bank under a settlement approved by a Delaware judge.