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Carol Bartz, who was fired as Yahoo! Inc.’s chief executive officer, is rumored to receive a payout in the range of $10 million after less than three years on the job.

Aggressive use of cardiovascular drugs is much more effective in preventing a recurrence of stroke than deploying a stent to prop open narrowed arteries in the brain, a U.S. government-funded study reports.

Nearly all deep-sea fisheries were found to be unsustainable, and marine scientists have called for putting an end to commercial fishing in the Earth's largest ecosystem.

There are few surer ways for an executive to lose a good reputation than to be CEO of Yahoo Inc. Just ask Carol Bartz or Terry Semel.

Weight Watchers is more effective to lose weight than seeking doctor’s advice, according to a new study.

Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Brian Moynihan is running out of time to fix the largest U.S. bank.

Moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee will continue dropping heavy rainfall from Virginia to New England through Thursday, possibly resulting in some record river flooding from Southern New York to Eastern Pennsylvania. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch early Wednesday morning for Northeast Pennsylvania to include Lackawanna, Wayne, Pike, Luzerne and Wyoming counties.

DigiNotar's blunder has already caused it to be black-listed by Microsoft, Google and Mozilla.

Deep-sea fishing is unsustainable, scientists argue.

Since Bartz succeeded Jerry Yang in January 2009, the shares have essentially gone nowhere.

Apple Inc., known for being a trendsetter, has continued along those lines with its new lighter and thinner MacBook Air. But the Cupertino company is facing competition in notebook category from Taiwan-based Acer, which has released its thin and relatively inexpensive Ultrabook called Aspire S3.

Internet firm Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) said its board has removed Carol Bartz as Chief Executive Officer, replacing her with Chief Financial Officer Timothy Morse on an interim basis. Jefferies said the departure of Bartz opens door for Yahoo! to strategic alternatives.

At least nine persons were killed and 45 others were injured as a power explosion rocked the Delhi High Court, India, on Wednesday.

President Barack Obama, facing waning confidence in his economic stewardship, plans to propose some $300 billion in tax cuts and government spending in his speech to Congress, Democratic sources say.

Since the 'monster' wildfire began on Sunday, it has engulfed thousands of acres of drought-stricken areas of Texas, devoured at least 550 homes and killed four people that include a 20-year-old mother and her 18-month-old daughter.

Internet firm Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) has ousted Carol Bartz as its Chief Executive and named Chief Financial Officer Timothy Morse as interim replacement, effective immediately.

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's officials privately met with large bond investors weeks before the firm's U.S. debt downgrade, leaving some believing the chance of a rating downgrade was higher than they had previously thought, the Wall Street Journal said.

Yahoo Inc Chairman Roy Bostock fired CEO Carol Bartz over the phone on Tuesday, ending a tumultuous two-year tenure marked by stagnating growth and a rift with Chinese partner Alibaba.

Four people reported dead from fires.

The Jacksonville Jaguars cut starting quarterback David Garrard ahead of the team's Week 1 game on Sept. 11, according to Fox Sports.

A brush fire ignited by a fatal small-plane crash near the mountain town of Tehachapi, north of Los Angeles, forced hundreds of homes to be evacuated on Monday and left some 8,600 acres charred by nightfall in its second day.