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Sterne Agee raised estimates and the target price on the lodging firm. More

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Credit Suisse says the retailing behemoth will revive 'Action Alley.' More

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Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the most profitable securities firm in Wall Street history, has made $55.7 million from the sale of $36.4 billion of Build America Bonds, about a third of the fees it earned from its municipal business, it said in response to queries from Iowa Senator Charles Grassley. More

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The gene sets of a four-member family were analyzed in research that suggested parents pass fewer gene mutations than thought to their offspring. More

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Merck & Co.’s Stromectol tablet worked better than lotion at clearing up hard-to-treat head lice, a study found, as the infestations become increasingly resistant to current medicines. More

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Doctors may be sending patients too quickly for elective angiograms to detect heart disease, exposing them to radiation and driving up U.S. health-care costs, a study suggests. More

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OnLive Inc., the Silicon Valley company creating a Web-based video-game system, said it will offer a $14.95-a-month subscription, challenging console makers Microsoft Corp., Nintendo Co. and Sony Corp. More

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Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. oil company, asked a federal judge to allow an arbitration panel to resolve a court fight over an environmental cleanup in Ecuador that might cost as much as $27 billion. More

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Will your tax rate be lower in retirement? Do you plan to spend all your savings? Think twice about a conversion. More

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Boenning & Scattergood initiated coverage of the lender at Outperform. More

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Libya has accepted a U.S. State Department apology for remarks about a call by the North African nation’s leader, Muammar Qaddafi, for a jihad against Switzerland, the Libyan mission to the United Nations said. More

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New York developer Larry Silverstein, who partnered with the California State Teachers Retirement System to buy a 35-story office tower in 2006, now faces “imminent default” on debt tied to the property, Fitch Ratings said today. More

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CA Inc., the second-largest maker of software for mainframe computers, agreed to buy closely held Nimsoft Inc. for about $350 million in cash to expand in cloud computing. More

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News from at at 2:10 PM on Wednesday 3/10

Florida’s orange crop, the world’s second-largest, was hurt less than expected by a January freeze and will be 1.6 percent bigger than estimated last month, the government said. Futures dropped for a third day. More

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Senate proposals to place a consumer financial agency under existing banking regulators could exempt payday loan companies from the new rules. More

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PepsiCo Inc. said it voluntarily recalled about 275,000 packages of Quaker Snack Mix Baked Cheddar in the U.S. because the product contains hydrolyzed vegetable protein. More

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News from at at 2:10 PM on Wednesday 3/10

New York City plans to sell $900 million of general obligation bonds as soon as next week, including $675 million of taxable Build America Bonds, according to the city’s Office of Management and Budget. More

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Stanford University, the third- wealthiest school in the U.S., is seeking state approval to sell as much as $1.2 billion of bonds and notes to help pay for a slimmed-down capital plan and refinancing. More

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ObamaCare and the downfall of the Democratic Party. More

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U.S. regulators are seeking sworn declarations from Google Inc. competitors and advertisers as part of their probe of the Internet company’s bid to buy AdMob Inc., indicating the government may challenge the deal, said people with direct knowledge of the matter. More

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