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The city of Boston, citing financial concerns and improved weapon safety measures, dropped its lawsuit against the gun industry Wednesday.

Coors has become the NFL's official beer sponsor in a five-year deal that includes the right to use the league's various logos.

Sports fans call the NCAA men's basketball tournament March Madness. Las Vegas casinos just call it profitable.

Michigan is taking the first step toward suing Home Depot for failing to price all of the merchandise in its stores, Attorney General Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday.

With the excitement of a pep rally, Governor Jeb Bush joined company officials, civic leaders and cheering employees Wednesday in welcoming the world's largest retailer to one of Florida's smallest counties.

John F. Giblin, Chief Financial Officer for Crawford & Company , announced today that Crawford has issued a request for global audit proposal for the 2002 fiscal year to each of the "big five" accounting firms.

A former tobacco warehouse at Pelham in Mitchell County has burned.

The New Braunfels Smoker Company plans to close its 90,000-square-foot plant this year, lay off 170 employees, and shift production to plants in Georgia and outside the United States.

Amazon.com Inc. shares fell as much as 8 percent Wednesday after a Wall Street analyst questioned the company's valuation and parts of its business.

Five Kmart Corp. executives have left the company, but officials are not saying if they resigned or were fired.