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Signet Jewelers acquires Zales Corp. for $1.46 billion, despite some opposition from activist shareholders. With the merger, Signet's share of the jewelry market will now be three times larger than...
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The 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics are both in Brazil and Pelé , the country's greatest soccer star of all time, is ready to take advantage. The retired athlete has inked sponsorship deals...
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The recent partnership between the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) and the PGA (Professional Golfers' Association) of America may help boost the popularity of women's golf.
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McDonald's announced plans to refranchise at least 1,500 restaurants, following a growing trend in the industry. Other fast-food restaurants that have recently sold company-owned stores back to...
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Many of the contracts awarded by the Department of Defense on Friday went to companies less commonly associated with the military. Among these non-traditional winners were Great Lakes Dredge &...
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Northrop Grumman wins $44 million in contracts from the Department of Defense, including projects for the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy in Afghanistan, Bahrain, and Kuwait.
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The food fight has begun. Just two weeks ago, Hillshire Farms offered to buy Pinnacle Foods for $6.6 billion, sending shares of the owner of Duncan Hines Cake Mix and Birds Eye Frozen Vegetables...
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USA Network, cable television's leading provider of original shows, has the formula for summer programming down. They call it their 'blue-sky' model and the network is bringing back it's proven...
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Mad Men is ending, Breaking Bad is done -- AMC needs its new show 'Halt and Catch Fire' to catch on like wildfire. Set in Texas during the 1980s tech boom, the show, which premiers on Sunday, stars...
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'A Million Ways to Die in the West,' starring and directed by Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane opens this weekend. Will it be as successful as his first movie 'Ted,' which starred Mark Wahlberg?
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The 2014 MLB Draft is next week, and unlike the NFL Draft, there’s no 24-hour media coverage, ever-changing mock drafts, or babbling analysts. Why?
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Elon Musk's space exploration company SpaceX is a wonder. Its rocket ships are a science fiction fan's dream and now Musk, who is also the founder of Tesla and SolarCity, has them pointed at Mars.
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Apple announces the acquisition of music company Beats, founded by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, in a deal totaling $3 billion.
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ThinkstockThe Department of Defense awarded 17 defense contracts with a total value of $554.6 million in its Thursday evening announcement of contract awards. Textron (NYSE: TXT) took home contracts...
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