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Pandemic, BioWare to change ownership, join 'Madden' team.

Online encyclopedia to move cross-country in January to hub of tech world.

Disney plans to sell a line of products called Disney Garden.

Home Depot is testing a warm-and-fuzzy approach to selling hammers, lighting and garage doors that targets female shoppers.

Retailers' sales rose 0.6 percent last month and gasoline stations turned in their biggest jump in sales since May.

The business software maker confirmed today it offered BEA Systems $17 per share, a 25 percent premium over Thursday's closing price of $13.62.

Companies likely to see active trade during Friday's session are Electronic Arts Inc., Allegheny Technologies Inc., and Avon Products Inc.

AT&T Inc. said on Thursday that the head of its wireless unit, Stan Sigman, was retiring, and it appointed Ralph de la Vega as his successor.

State Treasurer Richard Moore has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate the timing of stock sales made by the chief executive of mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp.

Stocks rose in early trading and bond prices fell Thursday after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. raised its profit forecast and stock markets overseas put up sizable gains.