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Best Buy, the largest U.S. consumer electronics chain, has moved into Europe with a $2.1 billion investment in the continent's largest cellphone retailer, the companies announced yesterday.

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NATIONAL Australia Bank has earmarked up to $1 billion to overhaul its legacy banking systems.

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The Marvell technology Group, a maker of semiconductors, agreed to pay a $10 million civil fine to settle regulators' accusations of improper backdating of stock options.

The company will require users under 18 to confirm they have read Facebook's safety tips when they sign up; the site will also display a prominent "report abuse" icon.

The prospect of an electronic Trojan horse, lurking in the circuitry of a computer and allowing attackers clandestine access or control, was raised again recently by the F.B.I. and the Pentagon.

Cablevision Systems reported a wider deficit for its first quarter on Thursday on losses from derivative contracts.

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