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Cornell, partners developing $12.2M Web network for scientists

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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn offers CIT Group $6B lifeline as it faces potential collapse

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NEW YORK — In another sign that CIT Group Inc. is struggling to restructure its debt, billionaire investor Carl Icahn offered the lender a $6 billion lifeline.

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Baidu CEO draws overflow crowd as he talks to students on Google founders’ old stomping ground

Baidu CEO draws big crowd in Google's backyard

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FDIC resisting calls to help bail out troubled lender CIT Group, negotiations continue

FDIC resisting calls to aid lender CIT Group

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C.P. Gurnani appointed chief executive of Indian outsourcer Mahindra Satyam

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MUMBAI, India — Mahindra Satyam, a rebranded Indian outsourcing company nearly brought down in a $1 billion fraud, said Tuesday that C.P. Gurnani, an executive from its new controlling shareholder, has been appointed chief executive.

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