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Home builder Pulte leads the year's gainers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 28th

By The Associated Press The following is a list of the five biggest gainers and the five biggest losers in the Standard & Poor's 500 index in 2012. The Winners: - PulteGroup. Signs that a housing market rebound is under way boosted this home builder's stock 182 percent. - Sprint Nextel

HP says gov't investigating troubled Autonomy unit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 28th

By MICHELLE CHAPMANAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Autonomy, the British business software company now owned by Hewlett-Packard Co., is facing a Justice Department investigation over improper accounting under previous management, according to HP. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange

HP says gov't investigating troubled Autonomy unit

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 28th

Stocks tumble as 'fiscal cliff' deadline nears

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 28th

By STEVE ROTHWELLAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks fell for a fifth day on concern that Washington lawmakers will fail to reach a budget deal before a self-imposed year-end deadline. The five-day losing streak for the Dow Jones industrial average was the longest since July. The Dow dropped

Ahead of the Bell: Hewlett-Packard

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 28th

NEW YORK (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co. says that the Department of Justice is investigating HP's business software unit Autonomy, which the computer maker has accused of fudging its accounting. HP said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Thursday that it was informed by

Ahead of the Bell: Hewlett-Packard

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 28th

Click, print, shoot: Downloadable guns possible

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

By JASON DEARENAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Downloading a gun design to your computer, building it with a three-dimensional printer that uses plastics and other materials, and firing it minutes later. No background checks, no questions asked. Sound far-fetched? It's not. And that is

DC lottery contract is subject of federal probe

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By BEN NUCKOLSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal grand jury is investigating the awarding of the $38 million contract to run the District of Columbia lottery, a process that raises further questions about corruption in a city government already beleaguered by criminal prosecutions

Wyo. campus killer 'near genius' at odds with dad

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 3rd

By By MEAD GRUVERAssociated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A man who killed his father in front of a computer science class at a Wyoming community college was a "borderline genius" upset by the belief he had inherited Asperger's Syndrome from his dad, an aunt of the killer said Monday.

Moody's cuts HP long-term debt rating to Baa1

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 28th

NEW YORK (AP) - Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday lowered its long-term credit rating on Hewlett-Packard, saying the technology giant will have trouble increasing sales of many of its products. Moody's lowered HP's senior unsecured credit rating by one notch, to "Baa1" from "A3."