Google buying satellite maker Skybox for $500M
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE FILE – In this file satellite image provided by Skybox Imaging and taken by SkySat-1 on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014 at 11:10 a.m. local time, smoke rises…
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Illegal profits: A look at insider trading
By KEN SWEET This combo made from file photos shows, from left, financier Carl Icahn, pro golfer Phil Mickelson, and developer and high-profile sports better Billy Walters. A federal official…
MERCK TO PAY $3.85B FOR HEPATITIS C DRUG DEVELOPER
By LINDA A. JOHNSON FILE – This Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 file photo shows a patch with the Merck logo on a scientist’s lab coat in West Point, Pa. Merck…
Cambodian sex slavery activist quits US foundation
By SOPHENG CHEANG In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo, Somaly Mam arrives to the Somaly Mam Foundation’s second annual benefit in New York. The Cambodian woman who has been…
ISS seeks ouster of most of Target’s board
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO FILE – In this Dec. 19, 2013, file photo, a passer-by walks near an entrance to a Target retail store in Watertown, Mass. In a report released…
VIOLENT PROTESTS SPREAD THROUGHOUT BOSNIA
By AMEL EMRIC A Bosnian protester walks by a local government building during protests, in Bosnian town of Tuzla, on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. Bosnian protesters set ablaze the local…
TARGET TAKING ACTIONS ON SECURITY, EXECUTIVE SAYS
By MARCY GORDON Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, listens to the Committee Ranking Member Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4,…
FROM GATES TO NADELLA: MICROSOFT THROUGH THE YEARS
By The Associated Press FILE – In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, file photo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at the company’s annual shareholders meeting, in Bellevue, Wash. Microsoft announced…