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BOSTON - BEA Systems Inc posted a better-than-expected 59 percent rise in quarterly net profit as margins improved, and the business software maker has said the results validated its decision to reject a takeover bid from Oracle Corp .

NEW YORK - Gannett Co Inc’s USA Today, the largegest United States newspaper by circulation, has said it will cut 45 positions, or 8.8 percent of the editorial staff, through voluntary purchaseouts.

NEW YORK - Mail services provider Pitney Bowes Inc on Thursday unveiled a restructuring that calls for it to cut a few 1,500 jobs, and also has said it would increase its share purchaseback and boost its dividend.

WASHINGTON - United States consumer prices rose briskly last month on energy costs, but outside volatile energy, inflation was largely contained, leaving room for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to bolster a slowing economy.

NEW YORK - Virgin Mobile USA Inc on Thursday reported a wider third-quarter loss, but revenue rose about 18 percent in its first earnings report since last month’s initial public offering.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Tyco International Inc., which recently spun off its heath care and electronics units, has said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings fell 85 percent, hurt by restructuring and separation costs and a higher tax rate….

CHICAGO - 3M Co , which makes products ranging from Scotch tape to optical films for liquid crystal displays, has said on Thursday it would acquire Aearo Technologies Inc, a maker of hearing- and eye-protection and energy-absorbing products, for $1.2 billion.

BOSTON - General Electric Co sees no impact on fourth quarter or full-year results after a few outside investors liquidated their holdings in a fund operated by the diversified manufacturer’s money-management arm, a GE spokesman has said on Thursday.