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Toyota Renews U.S. Offers; Nissan Post 35% Sales Gain (Update1)
May 4 (Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp. is extending U.S. discounts that triggered back-to-back sales increases, and Nissan Motor Co. led the largest Asia-based automakers’ gains for a second straight month in April.

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Obama Spurs Harvard Hiring While UnitedHealth Buys (Update1)
Harvard Medical School professor Jerry Avorn, a critic of drug industry marketing, hired five faculty members in the past nine months to study whether prescription medicines are as good as advertised.

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Samsung Profit Increases Sevenfold on Chip Prices (Update1)
April 6 (Bloomberg) — Samsung Electronics Co., Asia’s biggest maker of chips, flat screens and mobile phones, said first-quarter profit increased sevenfold after demand for personal computers and televisions drove up prices.

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Toyota Discounts Spur March U.S. Sales; Nissan Up 43% (Update1)
April 2 (Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp. ’s incentive push after record recalls helped the automaker post a March U.S. sales increase following two months of declines, while Nissan Motor Co.

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Conan O’Brien Plans 30-City Tour After Exit From NBC (Update1)
Conan O’Brien, ousted as host of “The Tonight Show” by NBC, plans a 30-city comedy and music show beginning next month.

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Disney May Pull ABC From Bigger Cable Rivals Next (Update1)
March 8 (Bloomberg) — Walt Disney Co. , which blocked some viewers from the first 13 minutes of the Oscars last night amid a dispute with Cablevision Systems Corp.

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Lions Gate May Seek to Leave Canada to Escape Icahn (Update1)
March 3 (Bloomberg) — Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. , faced with a yearlong effort by activist investor Carl Icahn to increase his stake, may seek refuge by moving the film studio’s place of incorporation to the U.S. from Canada.

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