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Chinese officials trumpet the move as an assault on the bootleg market. Merchants plan to sell their counterfeit wares elsewhere.

Enron's ex-CEO says he and his codefendant made a `good team.' Prosecutors may try to get one to undermine the other in court.

Stocks ended a quiet session with a moderate gain Wednesday on strong earnings news and a decline in the trade deficit.

QUINCY, Wash. — In the heart of potato country, a high-tech boom is taking place.

Chairman Christopher Cox says seeking information from journalists will be a last resort. New rules warn of disciplinary action.

Danaher agrees to pay $2 billion for the Newport Beach firm. Both stocks climb.

The firm rebounds from a year-earlier loss after gaining market share. But it warns on sales.

The search engine defends its compliance with the government's censorship laws that block some links to sensitive material.

The narrowing hints at stronger first-quarter growth than expected, but rising energy prices may widen the deficit soon, an analyst says.

The digital recorder firm's shares rise on an extended deal with the satellite TV provider.

Sales of high-end TV sets help boost earnings 65%. The retailer expects momentum to continue.

The volume of U.S. private equity deals continued its recent slide in the first quarter amid rising prices for companies, increased competition from corporate buyers and a drying up of acquisition targets.

Gannett Co., the nation's biggest newspaper publisher, reported an 11.5% decline in fiscal first-quarter earnings Wednesday as softer advertising and stock expenses weighed down results.

Bausch & Lomb Inc. said Wednesday that it didn't plan to recall a contact-lens cleaner linked to eye infections, and it defended the product's safety as retailers across the U.S. pulled the solution from their shelves.

The revised pact with lenders may force the retail property owner to sell all or part of itself.

A major shareholder of casino operator Riviera Holdings Corp. said that an offer to buy the company for $17 a share was too low and that it would vote against the deal.

A Google Inc. institutional investor wants the company to give equal voting rights to all shareholders, saying the current structure reduces management accountability.

Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest oil company, raised Chief Executive Rex Tillerson's pay by 33% last year to $13 million as record energy prices boosted the company's profit to the highest in U.S. history.

TOKYO — Japan's wholesale prices rose in March from a year earlier as high oil and raw material costs were passed on to prices of final goods, providing further evidence that the economy is emerging from years of debilitating price deflation.

EBay Inc. cut Chief Executive Meg Whitman's pay to $10 million in 2005. The company's shares fell 26% last year.

With a return of 4% last year, pension plans at investment guru Warren E. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ranked last in performance among a group of 100 U.S. companies with the largest retirement plans, according to a study by benefits consulting firm Milliman.

BEIJING — Thousands of shoppers thronged the opening of IKEA's biggest Asian store Wednesday as the Swedish furniture maker launched a bid to expand its share of China's thriving home improvement market.

Bonds of cable company Adelphia Communications Corp. fell sharply Wednesday after the company filed a new bankruptcy reorganization plan that lowered the estimated amount bondholders would recover.

Kuwaiti conglomerate Mohamed Abdulmohsin Al Kharafi & Sons said Wednesday that it had a 6.7% stake in Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.

International Rectifier Corp., a maker of semiconductors that manage power use, said it might sell its Non-Focus Products unit to concentrate on divisions that generate higher profit margins.

DaimlerChrysler should be more profitable this year, but still has work ahead to reinvigorate its marquee Mercedes-Benz product lineup, Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said.

Toyota Motor Corp., the world's largest seller of cars powered by a combination of gasoline and electricity, will build a hybrid model of its Lexus LS sedan in 2007. It will be the luxury brand's most expensive model to date.

Microsoft Corp. said Chinese personal-computer maker Founder Technology Group agreed to buy $250 million of Windows software over the next three years as part of efforts to curb piracy.

Nissan Motor Co., which is transferring its U.S. sales unit to Tennessee from California, is willing to accept the loss of hundreds of employees for the benefits of relocating, Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said.

A tentative pact between Northwest Airlines Corp. and its pilots union would give the pilots an $888-million claim to be paid in stock when the carrier emerges from bankruptcy protection, the union said.

California sold $545 million of tax-free general obligation bonds. The bonds, issued in various maturities, were purchased by brokerage Citigroup Global Markets for resale to investors.

Microsoft Corp. introduced a search engine to scour articles in scholarly journals to attract university researchers and match a similar service from Google Inc.

Chevron Corp. said it had agreed to spend $300 million to buy a 5% stake in a refinery being built in India, seeking to build the San Ramon, Calif.-based company's position in the fast-growing Indian market.

Sony Pictures' home entertainment unit reorganized and named executives for North America and Europe and for distribution of digital products.

The Federal Communications Commission voted to require anonymous bidding at a June 29 auction to sell airwave rights.

KB Home and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., which last year teamed up to build a housing community in North Carolina, said they planned to build a second community outside Atlanta.