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SAN FRANCISCO – Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday’s session are Expedia Inc., Nvidia Corp. and Kohl’s Corp. After Thursday’s closing bell, Expedia Inc. (EXPE) reported first-quarter net earnings of $23.3 million, or 6 cents a share, compared with $48 million, or 14 …

APPLING, Ga. – Some people collect stamps. Some people collect coins. But Janie Peel is not some people — she collects old toilets. But Peel’s potties aren’t your everyday johns. They’re antique outhouses, and she’s got three of them in her backyard — with room for a dozen more. The …

Federal regulators don’t know if the abortion pill increases the likelihood of infection by a rare but deadly bacterium that killed four California women, a health official said Wednesday at a congressional hearing convened by RU-486 opponents. The four women all died from infection by Clostridium sordellii after they took …

Despite growing expectations, small public companies will not be getting a break on strict financial regulations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday. Click here to visit FOXBusiness.com’s NEW Small Business page. Instead, the SEC will offer better guidance in implementing the rules, which were created …

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A 33-year-old man in northern Malaysia has married a 104-year-old woman, saying mutual respect and friendship had turned to love, a news report said Tuesday. It was Muhamad Noor Che Musa’s first marriage and his wife’s 21st, according to The Star newspaper which cited a report …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Embattled U.S. Representative Bob Ney has won his first opposed Republican primary this decade against an unfunded, inexperienced opponent. He beat out financial analyst James Brodbelt Harris of Zanesville. Dover law director Zack Space won the Democratic primary for the right to face Ney in November. Ney …

MOUNT BETHEL, Pa. – A man was arrested on charges of killing and dismembering his younger brother and then scattering parts of his body in several locations, police said. Stephen J. Austin, 26, was arrested during a traffic stop in Berks County early Friday, and authorities found the head and …

HOUSTON – Former Sen. Lloyd Bentsen was a conservative Democrat who had a “massive, positive impact” during his two years as treasury secretary in one of the country’s most economically challenging times, former President Clinton told about 1,200 mourners Tuesday. Clinton was accompanied by his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, at …

LOS ANGELES – Thieves used to break into as many as five cars a week in the parking garage at Los Angeles’ Union Station. Then the Metropolitan Transportation Authority came up with a simple solution: They put a security officer on a Segway Human Transporter. “The first day that one …

Think of a brand name, and what comes to mind? Probably well-established names like Apple (AAPL) or Mercedes-Benz. Now add another name to your list – the name of your own company. That’s because you don’t have to own a big business to own a brand. In fact, small businesses, …