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Economy Expands 3.4%; Interpretation Is Debated The economy pulled out of a winter slump and grew at a quicker pace in the spring, lifted by an improvement in the trade deficit and stronger business spending.

Chip Firm Settles a Backdating Case Chipmaker KLA-Tencor settled with the S.E.C. on charges that it had concealed more than $200 million in compensation through options backdating.

Patchwork City: Shuttered Hospitals Ensure Slow Recovery in New Orleans Of all the factors blocking the economic revival of New Orleans, the shattered health care system may be the most important.

What?s Offline: If the Top People Got Reviews Three magazines look at issues of corporate governance and a professor wonders what would happen if humans disappeared from the earth.

Imperial Tobacco to Buy Altadis for $17 Billion If approved, the deal would be the largest acquisition in the European tobacco industry.

Drilling Down: How a Discount Sets Up Price Expectations Discounts can permanently condition consumers to expect the product for less, hurting sales when it bounces back to full price.

Bush Official Opposes Raising Taxes on Private Equity The Bush administration warned lawmakers not to raise the tax rate of private equity and hedge funds or their managers, maintaining that it would injure the economy.

Hedge Fund Takes Stake in Beazer Homes Moore Capital Management has taken a 5.1 percent stake in the home builder Beazer Homes USA, according to a regulatory filing.

Slipstream: An Age-Defying Quest (Red Wine Included) A pharmaceutical company wants to create a pill that treats the most feared and debilitating diseases with no side effects except an increase in life span.

State of the Art: IPhone-Free Cellphone News T-Mobile had the misfortune to announce a new product last week that may be as game-changing as Apple?s.