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RIM return

Research In Motion shares rose the most in almost a year as BlackBerry sales gained ground in emerging markets, signaling the company may still have a future.

Victor Spitzer

A district court judge dismissed a lawsuit by ex-Marsh & McLennan exec William Gilman seeking $60 million for alleged defamation in a Slate online article by former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

Facebook on

Facebook shares advanced after researcher GlobalWebIndex said the social-networking site has seen an eightfold increase in users in China to 63.5 million since that nation restricted access to the service in 2009.

Samsung suit

Samsung Electronics can pursue its efforts to rescind a ban on US sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer that’s part of a dispute with Apple, a US appeals court said.

Bye, Sears

Tax preparer H&R Block will no longer operate in any Sears Holdings Corp locations. Sears has reached a deal with Jackson Hewitt to provide tax services in most of its US stores.