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Renewed talks with Yahoo aimed at repairing damaged relations – and keeping rival Google at bay

LONDON, May 19 -- British lawmakers voted Monday to allow the use of animal-human embryos for research after a national debate that pitted religious leaders who called it unethical against the prime minister and scientists who said it would help cure disease.

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The uncertainty of the proposed $51.8 billion leveraged buyout of Bell Canada caused shares of the company to drop 5.6 percent in New York on Monday.

Dell, the computer maker, said Monday that Donald J. Carty, hired as chief financial officer a year and a half ago to help lead a turnaround, would resign in June.

AP - Preparing for the eventual extinction of its DVD-by-mail rental service, Netflix Inc. on Tuesday is introducing its first solution for subscribers who want entertainment delivered directly to their television sets with just a few clicks on a remote control.

The Internet search giant joins other companies, all hoping to capitalize on the potential of Internet tools to help consumers manage their own health care.

Netflix, which will begin marketing the device on Tuesday, will not charge customers beyond their normal subscription fee.

The S.E.C. filed fraud charges against eight former AOL executives over an accounting procedure that caused the company to overstate its advertising revenue by more than $1 billion.

Carl Icahn, the corporate raider turned activist investor, is gambling to bring microsoft back to the bargaining table and buy Yahoo.