Google’s third-quarter earnings slipped 5 percent on higher expenses and as the Internet search leader absorbed a charge covering a mobile patent.

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New Jersey’s unemployment rate has dropped a tick for September as hiring elsewhere more than offset jobs lost as three Atlantic City casinos closed.

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Venture-capital firm Canaan Partners is announcing its tenth fund, Canaan X, which will bring total capital under management to more than $4.2 billion.

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New York City-based startup Paintzen also announced a $1.81 million seed round of funding.

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A judge is set to hear arguments Thursday over whether to shelve two Arizona laws that are the legal foundation for business raids by metro Phoenix’s sheriff in which hundreds of immigrant workers have been charged with using fake or stolen IDs to get jobs.

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Parts of California could receive above-average rain and snow this winter but not enough to end the ongoing drought, federal forecasters said Thursday.

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Darden Restaurants, the parent company of the Olive Garden, said Thursday that former Wal-Mart executive Bill Simon is returning to its board of directors.

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Marketing company OneTouch Direct has begun construction of a new call center in western New York and says it will immediately begin hiring 150 people.

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More and more women business owners are turning to technology to improve their companies, new research shows. Their top priorities? Cash flow, efficiency and customer service.

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When unveiling a new product, sometimes less is more, new research suggests.

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