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On The Call: Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz

Jul. 21, 2009
Yahoo sometimes confuses analysts by lowering its expenses only to wipe out some of the savings by increasing spending later. It looks like that is about to happen again. Cost-cutting helped Yahoo boost its second-quarter profit by 8 percent despite another...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler