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Southwest Airlines Co. said traffic rose in August as a key measure of revenue again jumped by a double-digit percentage as fares remain well above year-earlier levels.

Canada's Anatolia Minerals Development Ltd. and Australia's Avoca Resources Ltd. have agreed to merger in a deal that will create a gold company with a market value of some $2 billion.

Chevron will explore for oil off the shore of Liberia, a nation that doesn't yet produce crude but holds promising acreage in a region that has yielded rich new oil deposits.

A modest U.K. factory that churns out Burberry's iconic trenchcoats has undergone a major alteration as the luxury brand seeks a more retail-focused business model.

Google introduced a predictive feature to its widely used Web search engine that speeds up the time it takes to find and deliver results.

Lockheed Martin said more than 600 executives, or one-fourth of the eligible total, applied to accept financial incentives to leave the company.

Goldman Sachs agreed to a fine of nearly $31 million as part of an investigation by the Financial Services Authority that began shortly after U.S. regulators accused the firm in April of fraud.

Smithfield Foods returned to the black in the latest quarter from a year-earlier loss and said it will likely sell its 49% stake in Butterball.

As CNN reboots in an attempt to revive slumping ratings, the network tapped British TV host Piers Morgan to take over for Larry King, capping months of speculation about a key program in CNN's lineup.

Tata Power is exploring several possible acquisitions, including a stake in U.S.-based InterGen and foreign coal assets

Commercial truck maker Navistar International swung to a fiscal third-quarter profit but lowered it revenue outlook for the year as military truck orders were deferred to 2011.

A Japanese government panel favored a team led by NTT DoCoMo over one led by KDDI to operate the country's next-generation mobile broadcasting service, ending a prolonged battle between Japan's two biggest wireless carriers.

The Reserve Bank of India is looking at the possibility of deregulating the interest rate on savings account deposits in banks, Deputy Governor Usha Thorat said.

Netflix reached a deal to stream movies online from Nu Image/Millennium at the same time they hit pay-TV channels.

Nissan will create a China-only brand as part of the Japanese auto maker's effort to increase its share of China's less affluent but growing market in the nation's interior.

Talbots returned to a profit in the latest quarter as margins grew, but a decline in sales surprised investors.

GlaxoSmithKline chose Simon Dingemans, a Goldman Sachs M&A specialist, to be its next chief financial officer.

ArcelorMittal and BHP terminated talks to jointly develop their iron-ore projects in Guinea and Liberia

Airgas rejected the latest takeover offer from Air Products & Chemicals, saying the $5.48 billion bid continues to undervalue the company.

Vodafone's $6.65 billion sale of its stake in China Mobile highlights the challenges faced by foreign carriers looking to link up with Chinese telecoms.