AP - Stocks shuttled in a tight range Friday after mixed reports on retail sales and business inventories gave investors little new insight into the economy.
AP - Nokia Corp. on Friday revised its global market share estimate for mobile phones in 2009 to 34 percent, from an earlier 38 percent, and said it expected no growth this year.
AP - Retail sales posted a surprising increase in February as consumers did not let major snowstorms stop them from racking up purchases. The advance, the biggest since November, provided hope that the recovery from the Great Recession is gaining momentum.
AP - After more than a year of bids and counterbids, CF Industries landed Terra Industries on Friday for $4.7 billion in a deal that will create one of the world's largest fertilizer companies.
AFP - Swiss bank UBS is pressing Swiss lawmakers to endorse a deal settling tax evasion litigation with the United States, warning that 20 other Swiss banks could be targeted if it fell through.
AP - The Food and Drug Administration is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix after reports that some patients cannot process the blockbuster blood thinner.
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