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A customer examines a Nook e-reader at a Barnes and Noble store in Boston, March 18, 2011.

Barnes & Noble Hires Former Cable Exec as CFO

Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) hired a chief financial officer with extensive experience in cable broadcasting, particularly with that industry's spin-offs as well as mergers and acquisitions, the New York-based company said Monday.
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India Partially Lifts Cotton Export Ban

Indian cotton shipments will resume for previously registered sales, but the government ban on new cotton exports will remain in effect until a review within the next two weeks.
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi

PepsiCo Shake-Up: Ex-Exec To Run Food Unit

The hiring of Wal-Mart's Brian Cornell to run the Americas food unit and promotion of longtime executive John Compton to the new post of president might be seen as attempts to find a successor to Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi, who has been mentioned in media reports as a potential candidate for World Bank president.
New York Bans TCEP

Toxic Flame Retardants in Children's Products: New York Bans TCEP

New York state has banned TCEP, a toxic flame retardant chemical. The ban comes at a time when the use of toxic flame retardant chemicals in children's products is raising serious safety concerns.Many other states are expected to follow New York and ban TCEP.
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Technology Focus: PCs? Not Dead Yet By Any Means

Mark Twain would have been amused by the remarks of new Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook last week when he announced the post-PC era. As Twain observed after reading his obituary, The report of my death was an exaggeration.
Republican presidential candidate former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) speaks as former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) listens during the Republican presidential candidates debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, January 16, 2012.

Mitt Romney And Rick Santorum Both Score Wins On A Super Saturday

Both Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum claimed victories in Republican Party presidential-nomination contests conducted Saturday, as the former won the caucuses in Wyoming, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, while the latter won the caucuses in Kansas.
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Jennings, Bucks Beat Jeremy Lin, Knicks In High Scoring Game [VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS]

Brandon Jennings and Erasan Ilyasov led the Milwaukee Bucks to a sorely needed victory against the New York Knicks despite the efforts of Jeremy Lin, Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Melo Anthony. The high scoring game was close up until the buzzer rang, ending on Fri. March 9 at Bradley Center with NY losing by just four points.

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