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Homebuilder Lennar Corp (LEN.N) posted a 31 percent drop in quarterly profit on fewer new home deliveries and higher costs.

French engineering company Schneider Electric SA (SCHN.PA) has delayed the roughly $1.4 billion auction of its sensors business because of turbulence in financing markets, people familiar with the matter said.

Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons remained in talks with the union representing 62,000 Southern California supermarket workers as the deadline for canceling their labor contract passed on Sunday evening.

Contract negotiations continue between grocery chain Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons and its workers, who on Thursday issued a 72-hour notice to cancel a contract extension after the deadline passed on Sunday evening.

Netflix, one of the best entertainment brands, has decided to split services. The “old” Netflix will become just video streaming whereas the beloved DVD-by-mail service is to be redubbed Qwikster.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded the 2010-2011 Primetime Emmys for programs and individual achievements at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday

Researchers have unearthed a pair of fossilized teeth on the BLM land in northeast Oregon, which suggest that the American Beaver has changed very little in the last 7 million years.

Beaver Teeth More Than 7 Million Years Old

Searchers found unidentified remains Saturday while looking for Michelle Le off a dirt trail in Sunol, Calif., about 50 miles (80km) southeast of San Francisco.

Astronomers have announced the discovery of an uncommon planet that is located some 200 light years away from Earth with two suns.

Nearly right after reports surfaced that Apple lost another prototype -- this time the anticipated iPhone 5 -- the company is taking steps to ensure it keeps things safe, moving to create a global security force.

Shortly after reports surfaced that Apple lost another sensitive prototype -- this time the iPhone 5 -- the company is taking steps to ensure it keeps its devices safe.

Rep. Ron Paul won the California straw poll on Saturday, receiving almost half of all the votes.

Searchers looking for Michelle Le found a decomposed body on a dirt trail this weekend and officials at Alameda County coroner's will now determine whether it belongs to the missing nursing student.

Seven states, including California, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and New York, have joined the lawsuit to stop AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile USA, the Justice Department said Friday. Previously, AT&T had proposed a $39 Billion deal to purchase T-Mobile.

The Indian government has reported that at least eight people died in India and Nepal, and at least three people died when a building in Kathmandu collapsed. The quake also created a number of mudslides on the outskirts of Gangtok, India, killing at least one man who was trapped inside his car.

British oil major BP remains committed to reaching its oil production targets at Iraq's huge Rumaila field and is not renegotiating contract terms, the company's chief executive Bob Dudley said on Sunday.

A search team in California looking for missing nursing student, Michelle Le, discovered a badly decomposed body on Saturday near a dirt trail in the Bay Area community of Sunol, east of Hayward, about 50 miles (80km) southeast of San Francisco, said Sgt. J.D. Nelson of the Alameda County Sheriff's Department.

Many California schools are barring students from classes if they haven't received a whooping cough vaccine, in accordance with a state law passed last September. Thousands of students still have not gotten the vaccine.

Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann drew a rousing reception from Republicans at their California convention on Friday, raising hopes the Tea Party favorite might be able to put a faltering campaign back in gear.

Kepler-16b was seen orbiting two stars, about 200 light-years from Earth.Scientists say that the discovery of this Saturn-sized, circumbinary planet shows just how much diversity there are among the planets in our galaxy.