Appeals court OKs NFL’s request to restore lockout share: digg facebook twitter (AP) — A federal appeals court threw the NFL back into chaos late Friday, granting the league’s request to essentially put the lockout back in place. The Vikings hosted first-round draft pick Christian Ponder on Friday, and spent the entire day trying to [...]

7-Eleven to buy Wilson Farms store chain share: digg facebook twitter DALLAS (AP) — Convenience store giant 7-Eleven plans to acquire Wilson Farms Neighborhood Food Stores, a neighborhood food store chain with 188 locations in New York state. The agreement means 7-Eleven, with more than 8,400 locations in North America, will take over Wilson Farms [...]

McClatchy posts $2M loss for first quarter share: digg facebook twitter (AP) — McClatchy Co., publisher of The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee, The Miami Herald and other newspapers, said Tuesday that it had a net loss in the first quarter as advertising revenue declined faster. Gannett Co., the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, and The New York [...]

Hershey’s profit climbs as sales rise share: digg facebook twitter NEW YORK (AP) — The Hershey Co. on Tuesday reported higher first-quarter net income as its sales increased thanks to new products and heavy advertising. [...] Hershey stressed the rising cost of commodities less than other consumer companies that have reported their financial results this [...]

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Boeing’s second 747-8 Intercontinental taxis share: digg facebook twitter Boeing’s second 747-8 Intercontinental completed high-speed taxi tests on Monday at Paine Field, beside Boeing’s Everett, Wash., wide-body plant. Boeing had filed a flight-plan for the jet, but it did not take off. The 747-8 Intercontinental is the passenger version of Boeing’s newest, largest 747. The [...]

Twitter challenge: Canada election rules face test OTTAWA (Reuters) – A ban on early broadcasting of election results that dates from the 1930s puts Canada on a collision course with social media like Twitter and Facebook, making a scofflaw of anyone who tweets too soon. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo!7 News

States reach insurance agreement with John Hancock share: digg facebook twitter Chiang said that he hoped the settlement will pave the way for reforms for the entire industry. Besides John Hancock, 20 other companies were audited by the states. The total value of the settlement is unclear, but California’s controller said the change should reunite [...]

Summary Box: AMD profit nearly doubles share: digg facebook twitter THE NUMBERS: AMD’s net income nearly doubled to $510 million, or 68 cents per share, in the first quarter. THE OUTLOOK: But a tepid forecast for the current period, after rival Intel Corp. offered a strong one, weighed on AMD shares. THE DYNAMICS: AMD’s prices [...]

Microsoft VP: ‘We won’t do anything in the tablet market unless we can be distinctive’ share: digg facebook twitter Microsoft will not produce a dedicated tablet operating system unless it can distinguish itself from Apple and Google, a Microsoft executive said this week. Which at leasts suggests Microsoft has thought about the possibility. In the [...]