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Business for Saturday, February 10, 2007

Work on Oxbow Public Market on track to open this fall, focus on local foodies

That intriguing mound of dirt, behind fences on First Street near Copia may look like an archaeological dig, but actually it's more about the future of Napa -- and food.

Sneakers now come with GPS

MIAMI -- Isaac Daniel calls the tiny Global Positioning System chip he's embedded into a line of sneakers "peace of mind."

British firm to buy Greyhound

LONDON -- Britain's FirstGroup PLC is buying Greyhound bus operator Laidlaw International, which is also North America's largest school bus operator, for about $2.8 billion.

New technology lets Web pages update without reloading

NEW YORK -- At Yahoo's finance site, stock quotes update automatically and continually, the numbers flashing green and red as prices rise and fall. Wall Street investors can easily leave a single Web page up all day.

Cartoon Network boss resigns over Boston bomb scare

ATLANTA -- The head of the Cartoon Network resigned Friday following a marketing stunt that caused a terrorism scare in Boston and led police to shut down bridges and send in the bomb squad.

Bank of America to cooperate with Justice Department

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bank of America Corp. said Friday it has entered into a "leniency agreement" with the Department of Justice related to an investigation into the municipal derivatives industry.

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