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HP HIKES QUARTERLY SHAREHOLDER PAYOUT 10 PCT: PALO ALTO (AP) - Personal computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. says its will raise the quarterly dividend it pays shareholders by about a penny to 14.5 cents per share.

Yahoo brings back 5 ex-employees in latest deal

SUNNYVALE (AP) - Yahoo has bought Silicon Valley startup Jybe so it can bring back five of its former engineers to help the Internet company build better mobile applications. The deal announced Wednesday marks Yahoo's fourth acquisition of a small startup during the past five months. In each instance, Yahoo been more interested in obtaining the startups' brainpower than the services that ...

HP to face testy shareholders at annual meeting

Oracle shares fall on weak report

HP develops glasses-free 3-D for mobile devices

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Researchers at Hewlett-Packard Co. have developed a way to put glasses-free 3-D video on mobile devices with a viewing angle so wide that viewers can see an object more fully just by tilting the screen. Glasses-free 3-D is not unique. Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s 3DS handheld allows video game play in 3-D without glasses, but it requires players to ...

Fed Reserve stands by stimulus strategy

About 23% of world's rigs drilling in Texas

Walgreen buys wholesaler stake, 2Q profit climbs

DEERFIELD, Ill. - Drugstore chain Walgreen Co. is buying an ownership stake in another big company, this time in a deal that could increase its clout when negotiating prices with drugmakers.

Justice: Email snooping law no longer makes sense

See-through yoga pants a pain for Lululemon

Uncle Sam to revise cigarette warning labels after court loss

Fed likely to back low-rate policies

Cyprus in limbo, rejects bank seizures plan

Assembly OKs money to speed up business filings

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello leaving

FTC puts background check sites on notice

JC Penney 1Q revenue down again

Consumers cut back on credit card use in March

Wal-Mart Stores back on top of Fortune 500

Senate passes bill letting states tax online sales; House next

YouTube said set to soon launch pay channels

FDA wants cancer warnings on tanning beds, ban use for under 18

Bashful men can buy the little blue pill online

States fear loss of health care aid

Short history of Social Security

Stocks surge to new highs after hiring climbs

Solid April job gains ease fears about economy

App lets amputees program own bionic hands

NYC brokerage rewards employees who get tattooed

Kobe Bryant battles mom, NJ business over auction