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NEW YORK, April 5- With a successful flight on Friday, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner completed tests aimed at proving that a revamped safety system can prevent the jet's lithium-ion batteries from catching fire or overheating.

NEW YORK-- Shares of F5 Networks Inc. tumbled before Friday's opening bell after the company cut its outlook for the January-March quarter, citing disappointing results from its North American business. Citi analyst Kevin Dennean also cut his rating for F5 to "Neutral" from "Buy" and reduced his price target by $45 to $80.

NEW YORK-- Shares of a variety of networking equipment and other information technology companies took a hit Friday after F5 Networks Inc. cut its outlook for the January-March quarter, citing disappointing results from its North American business.

NEW YORK-- F5 Networks Inc. said Thursday that its second-quarter net income and revenue will fall short of its expectations, primarily because of disappointing results from its North American business. The Seattle company's stock tumbled $13.77, or 15.2 percent, to $76.65 in after-hours trading.

WASHINGTON, April 3- A shortage of properties could take some edge off U.S. home sales during the spring selling season, but the housing market recovery should remain intact.

NEW YORK-- Tableau Software Inc. late Tuesday made public its filing for an initial public offering of stock that could raise up to $150 million. The Seattle- based software company said in its Securities and Exchange Commission filing that the exact number of shares to be sold and their estimated price range have yet to be determined.

LANSING, Mich.-- Some Michigan Republicans are pushing to ban local governments from requiring employers to provide paid sick leave as cities in other states move to enact such mandates.

SEATTLE, March 27- A landslide thundered through a subdivision in Washington state's Whidbey Island north of Seattle on Wednesday, destroying one home and threatening more than 30 others, a fire official said.

SEATTLE-- HomeStreet Inc. said Wednesday that it has been freed from the last of its regulatory sanctions. Late last year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Washington Department of Financial Institutions lifted a so-called memorandum of understanding against the company's HomeStreet Bank.

Losing extended operations, or ETOPS, would deal a blow to Boeing and its airline customers by limiting use of the fuel-saving jet, designed to lower costs on long-distance routes that don't require the capacity of the larger Boeing 777. Such a loss could even lead to cancellation of some routes.

Losing extended operations, or ETOPS, would deal a blow to Boeing and its airline customers by limiting use of the fuel-saving jet, designed to lower costs on long-distance routes that don't require the capacity of the larger Boeing 777. Such a loss could even lead to cancellation of some routes.

March 26- Warren Buffett has given up his chance to become Goldman Sachs Group Inc's largest shareholder no additional cost to his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Buffett received the warrants as part of a 2008 deal during the depths of the financial crisis, when his investment in Goldman was seen as a vote of confidence in the firm.

Under that deal, Berkshire had the right to buy about 43.5 million Goldman shares- or a roughly 9 percent stake- at an exercise price of $115 per share, for $5 billion in total.

SEATTLE-- The governors of Washington and Oregon are urging the White House to evaluate the effects of greenhouse gasses that would be emitted elsewhere if the nation's coal is exported. In a joint letter sent Monday to the President's Council on Environmental Quality, Washington Gov.

March 26- Standard& Poor's on Tuesday released its Standard& Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index for January. NOT SEASONALLY SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ADJUSTED.

*eBay to favor growth over profit margins- analyst. The move increases PayPal's potential market by a factor of at least 10, and has been a big driver of the shares of owner eBay Inc, which surged 68 percent in 2012..

*eBay to favor growth over profit margins- analyst. The move increases PayPal's potential market by a factor of at least 10, and has been a big driver of the shares of owner eBay Inc, which surged 68 percent in 2012..

BRUSSELS, March 25- Belgian radiotherapy company Eckert& Ziegler BEBIG said on Monday it had settled a legal dispute with Core Oncology Inc, with the latter agreeing to pay it $1.7 million to end proceedings. Federal Court in Seattle in early 2011 over non-repayment of the loan.

MIAMI-- Two Icelandic skydivers who died during weekend jumps at a popular southwest Florida camp did not deploy their main parachutes, the co-owner of the facility said Sunday.