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Google Web Posting Sends Its Shares Down

SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc. (GOOG) on Tuesday advised investors to disregard an internal financial forecast mistakenly posted on its Web site — a mix up that included a reference to management’s concerns about the online search engine leader’s profits narrowing amid tougher competition. The material, including a projection that …

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Big Studios Sidelined at Oscars

LOS ANGELES – No matter who wins Sunday, Hollywood can both brag about an unusually daring crop of Academy Awards films and hang its head in embarrassment that hardly any came from the studios that dominate the movie business. Check out our new Oscars section! Print Out Your Own Oscar …

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Cancer Survivors Offered Life Insurance

HARTFORD, Conn. – The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. will make life insurance coverage more accessible to men with prostate cancer, recognizing rising survival rates with early detection. The Hartford plans to announce Monday that it will offer insurance at standard rates to men 60 and older who have been …

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