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NEW YORK-- Shares of Gilead Sciences Inc. rose Wednesday after the HIV drug maker reported strong third-quarter results and projected greater sales in 2012.. Stribild, which combines four medications into a single pill, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in August.
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Oct 24- Barnes& Noble Inc said on Wednesday that customers who shopped at 63 of its stores as recently as last month may have had their credit or debit card information stolen in what the U.S. bookstore chain called a ``sophisticated criminal effort.''.
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NEW YORK-- Altera tumbled in afternoon trading Wednesday after the chipmaker gave a disappointing fourth-quarter revenue forecast. Altera's net income sank 3 percent in the quarter ended Sept. 28, to $161.2 million, or 49 cents per share.
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OMAHA, Neb.-- The Rural Media Group has purchased another cable network to expand its programming into more markets. Rural Media produces RFD-TV and Rural TV with rural-themed programming. The deal gives the company access to several major markets, including New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas and Los Angeles.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of Total System Services Inc. fell nearly 4 percent Wednesday as analysts said third-quarter results for the electronic payments processor appeared to be in line with expectations but noted some potential negative factors.
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HARTFORD, Conn.-- Federal regulators say a pilot study of cancer risks posed to residents near seven nuclear power sites in the United States will update 22- year-old data, but an industry group says the study won't come up with anything new.
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ATLANTA-- An expert panel is urging every expecting mother to get a shot preventing whooping cough, preferably in the last three months of her pregnancy to help protect her baby. The advice follows a frightening resurgence of the dreaded childhood disease.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of Avery Dennison Corp. jumped Wednesday after the office products maker reported better-than-expected results for the third quarter and raised its annual net income guidance. The company narrowed its 2012 adjusted net income forecast to a range of $2 to $2.05 per share from $1.90 to $2.05 per share.
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SINGAPORE, Oct 24- Singapore Airlines will order five Airbus A380 aircraft and 20 more A350 planes in a deal valued at $7.5 billion, looking beyond a business slowdown that has led the carrier to stop hiring cadet pilots for now.
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CNBC.com presents a list of the 10 states with the most ultra-high net worth individuals on a per capita basis.
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SEATTLE-- About a thousand more international students are enrolled at the University of Washington's Seattle campus this fall, but school officials say that doesn't mean they have cut back on the number of in-state students at the state's most selective public university.
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LOS ANGELES-- The man who presided over Britney Spears' life during her well-publicized meltdown is portraying himself in court as a benevolent personal manager who saved her from ruin. Sam Lutfi was to finish his direct testimony Wednesday and face cross-examination by a battery of lawyers for the singer's parents and conservators.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of Netflix Inc. tumbled more than 16 percent before Wednesday's opening bell, after the company slashed its prediction for how many U.S. video-streaming subscribers it would add this year. As a result, Netflix cut its estimate for full-year U.S. streaming subscriber additions to between 4.7 million and 5.4 million.
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FRANKFURT, Germany-- Business software maker SAP AG saw its third quarter profit fall from a year ago because of a large one-time gain booked then, but the company raised its sales outlook for the year and said its business in cloud computing was growing fast.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 23- Facebook Inc grew mobile advertising revenue several times in the third quarter, a faster-than-expected pace that helped drive shares in the world's No. 1 social network nearly 13 percent higher.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 23- Zynga Inc laid off 5 percent of its full-time workforce and shut its Boston office on Tuesday as it embarked on a sweeping cost-cutting campaign that may eventually see the ``FarmVille'' game creator close its Japanese and British studios as well.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 23- The University of California must try to obtain and then disclose closely guarded information on the investment performance of venture capital funds managed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield& Byers and Sequoia Capital, a state judge said in a tentative ruling made public on Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct 23- Netflix Inc added fewer U.S. customers than Wall Street expected in the third quarter, forcing the company to roll back its year-end subscriber forecast and sending shares plunging 15 percent.
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The national average for a gallon of gas has dropped 13 cents in the past week to $3.625. That's the biggest weekly decline since the 7- day period ended Nov. 28, 2008, according to Oil Price Information Services analyst Fred Rozell. Rozell says gas has averaged $3.65 so far this year, 10 cents above the record set in 2011..
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THE OUTCOME: Third-quarter profit more than doubles for biotech drugmaker Amgen Inc., mainly because of a $780 million legal charge a year earlier to settle investigations into kickbacks and marketing practices. THE NUMBERS: Net income was $1.11 billion, or $1.41 per share, up from $454 million, or 50 cents a share.