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Google is citing the First Amendment in a new push for more transparency. The company wants to be able to publish national security government user-data requests separately.

Co announces that as a result of its acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of Aurizon Mines, it has acquired CDN$500,000 of common shares of Typhoon Exploration pursuant to an option agreement entered into between Typhoon and Aurizon dated May 17, 2010, as amended. The TSX Venture Exchange has conditionally approved the transaction, in which Hecla through Aurizon has acquired 5,555,556 comm...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Jo White on Tuesday said the agency will seek admissions of wrongdoing in some enforcement cases going forward, partially reversing the agency's predominant practice of allowing companies and individuals to settle lawsuits without admitting or denying allegations. "We are going to, in certain cases, be seeking admissions [of wrongdoing] going forward," she said at a Wall Street Journal event. "I think public accountability in particular kinds of cases can be quite important. If you don't get them, you litigate them." However, she added that the "no admit or deny" approach for enforcement actions will always be a major tool for the SEC. She added that the kinds of cases the agency will evaluate in this area depends on the kind of harm that is done to investors and the level of egregiousness of the fraud. She told reporters after speaking to the conference that these cases would not need to have a criminal component. The co-directors of the enforcement division will be giving guidance on the new approach to agency staff, she said.

Co announced the presentation of preliminary results from a Phase 1b study of MN-166 (ibudilast) in methamphetamine addiction at the 75th Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) in San Diego on June 18, 2013. Preliminary results from one cognitive performance task, presented in a poster session, showed significant improvement in measures of sustained attention in subjec...

Most investors can't tell the difference between "sponsored investment research" and independent analysis, and that's exactly what the "sponsors" are counting on.

Co announced today that its operating partnership, Boston Properties Limited Partnership, has agreed to sell $700 million of 3.800% senior unsecured notes due 2024 in an underwritten public offering through Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as joint book-running managers. The notes wer...

U.S. crude-oil prices advance ahead of weekly data that are expected to show a decline in inventories.

The Special Committee of the Board of Dell (DELL) issued the following statement in response to a letter to shareholders released today by Carl Icahn: "The Special Committee and its advisors are reviewing the latest concept put forth by Carl Icahn, which is that Dell pursue a self-tender for its shares of approximately $16 billion. This is a further deviation from Mr. Icahn's original proposal of ...

Adobe's shares rise as earnings top forecasts, while La-Z-Boy reports solid quarterly results.