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Microsoft and Facebook Release Number of National Security Requests

Boeing Wins Contracts for F-18 Parts, Satellite Surveillance

GE Keeps Dividend Steady

Pentagon Awards Nearly $1 Billion in New Contracts Thursday

Netflix, DreamWorks Ink Animated-Content Deal

Apple Reports Up to 5,000 Government Requests for Data

Barnes & Noble Extends Nook Discounts

Eli Lilly to Take Over Development of Diabetes Drug

Pinnacle Gets Preliminary FTC Approval of Ameristar Acquisition

Lowe's Seeks to Acquire Orchard Supply Hardware for $205 Million

Johnson & Johnson to Buy Aragon Pharmaceuticals for $650 Million Up Front

Theravance Will Split Into 2 Companies After Losing Elan Bid

Oil Hits High for Year on Syria Concerns

SkyWest Declares 72nd Consecutive Quarterly Dividend

"Man of Steel" Smashes Through June Box Office Record

Chesapeake Energy Sets Common and Preferred Dividends

Google Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Nonvoting Stock

Prospect Capital Sets 4 Months of Dividends

Hard to Get Small Business Loans, Survey Says

B/E Aerospace Logs More Boeing, Airbus Business

Himax Raises Annual Dividend

Little Joy in Croatia as It Enters the EU

Metals Fall; Soybeans Drop as Weather Boosts Crop Prospects

Builder Confidence Positive for First Time Since 2006

Zoetis to Join S&P 500; First Horizon National, QLogic Moved to New Indices