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The record industry must provide documented proof it owns copyrights to scores of popular music works it seeks to protect in its lawsuit against Napster.

Juice maker Tropicana Products is recalling 100,000 gallon-size jugs of orange juice sold at Sam's Club stores nationwide because some may have been tainted with a cleaning solution.

Two former Wal-Mart employees are suing the retail giant for allegedly forcing workers to put in extra hours without pay.

Kmart Corp. is launching a new advertising campaign that it says will establish a clear brand positioning for the company, which has struggled recently to find a niche in the discount retailing market.

Shares in Elan Corp., Ireland's largest pharmaceutical company, slid Friday after The Washington Post reported deepening troubles in its joint effort with an American firm to develop a new Alzheimer's treatment.

Hiroki Watanabe already owns a Sony PlayStation2. But that didn't stop him from lining up for hours at a downtown store to get his hands on Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox video-game console.

Political pressure is mounting on Boeing to save its only Eastern Washington facility after the company said it might close the plant to cut costs.

The National Association for Business Economics said that 60 percent of the economists on its forecasting panel believe the economy has turned the corner and is growing again.

A group of Global Crossing Ltd. shareholders intends to file an alternative rescue plan Friday for the telecom network firm that would save investors' holdings and kick out many of the top executives.

The Ford Motor Company says it is instituting a new system in all of its North American assembly plants aimed at catching problems before the consumer does.