US stocks edge higher after three days of declines

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks fluctuated between gains and losses Wednesday, stabilizing after three days of losses. Investors continue to focus on Europe's economic malaise and tensions in the Middle East after the U.S. and Arab nations attacked the Islamic...

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Zefr buys social-marketing startup Engodo to expand beyond YouTube

Zefr, which has focused on delivering tools for managing and optimizing YouTube videos, acquired social-media advertising startup Engodo as it looks to broaden marketing capabilities across a bigger digital sphere. Engodo's system is designed to match...

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Sales of US new homes soar in August

WASHINGTON — U.S. sales of new homes surged in August, led by a wave of buying in the West and Northeast. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that new-home sales climbed 18 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 504,000. The report...

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Consumers, Hollywood wait for answers on the Comcast-Time Warner merger

Many people have chimed in on the plans by Comcast, the nation's top cable and Internet provider, to merge with Time Warner Cable, the No. 2 cable operator and No. 3 ISP. But perhaps no one was so public as a man who confronted Comcast CEO Brian Roberts...

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Rape joke on Fox cartoons draws attention

NEW YORK — The Fox network isn't responding to suggestions that it edit its upcoming crossover episode of "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy" to remove a joke where the punch line is "your sister's being raped." The line appears in Sunday's much-awaited...

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South Korea to buy 40 F-35A fighter jets

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea will buy 40 F-35A fighter jets from Lockheed Martin for about $7 billion in the country's biggest-ever weapons purchase aimed at coping with North Korea's military threats, officials said Wednesday. South Korea agreed...

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Anti-addiction groups call for new FDA chief

WASHINGTON — Anti-addiction activists are calling for the Food and Drug Administration's top official to step down, saying the agency's policies have contributed to a national epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse. In a letter released Wednesday,...

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Oxygen orders 5 series, promotes Rod Aissa to head original programming

Oxygen has ordered five new unscripted series as part of its overhaul of the cabler to target a younger, multicultural female audience. The NBCUniversal outlet has also promoted Rod Aissa to exec VP of original programming and development. The exec,...

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Comcast: Discovery, other critics tried 'extortion' tactics to stay quiet on merger

Comcast is coming out swinging at critics of its proposed $45 million acquisition of Time Warner Cable, accusing corporate opponents of "extortion" tactics by demanding favorable business terms as a condition of staying neutral or supporting the transaction....

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15 track workers deaths prompt NTSB study

An investigation into last year's spike in the number of deaths among track workers has concluded that some federal workplace safety standards should be extended to railroads. A draft report from the National Transportation Safety Board finds that differences...

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