Facebook 3Q results show mobile ad growth to help send stock up 13 percent

Disabled patients to benefit from coming Medicare change

Hewlett-Packard wins $180M laptop contract

DuPont, Xerox, 3M results scare investors

Zynga to cut 5 percent of its staff

United States may soon become world's top oil producing nation

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BARNES & NOBLE SAYS PIN PADS IN 63 STORES HACKED: NEW YORK (AP) - Barnes & Noble Inc. says devices customers use to swipe credit and debit cards have been tampered with in 63 of its stores in nine states.

FedEx sees online shoppers powering holiday record

Smaller iPad expected today but what will device sell for?

Yahoo CEO starts reign with encouraging 3Q

After lawsuit threat, Twitter pulls racist posts

Early look at Windows 8 baffles users

Not your grandma’s Social Security Office

Banana Boat recalls sunscreen due to fire risk

Fatal air crash decline presents safety challenge

Bridge collapse a major break in I-5 trade corridor

SEATTLE (AP) - For farmers, business owners and government officials up and down the West Coast, Washington's bridge collapse on Interstate 5 represents much more than a close brush with tragedy. As much as $20 billion in freight travels to and from Canada and along the busy north-south corridor each year.

North Korea relaxes state controls on worker salaries

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - North Korea relaxed state control of salaries last month, a government economist said, outlining a change in policy intended to boost production by giving companies latitude to provide workers with financial incentives.

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