Earnings roundup: Brown Shoe posts higher 3Q profit, Coldwater Creek loss widens in 3Q

Earnings roundup: Brown Shoe, Coldwater Creek

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Paper, plastic and even by phone: new generation of coupons has shoppers ringing up more deals

New generation of coupons means users clip less

PORTLAND, Ore. — Electronic coupons, arriving by cell phone, Twitter, e-mail and Facebook, are helping generate an old standby's comeback and bringing in new, younger customers.

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Mentor Graphics offers third-quarter outlook above Wall Street expectations

Mentor Graphics issues strong 3Q outlook

WILSONVILLE, Ore. — Software company Mentor Graphics Corp. said Thursday it expects revenue and adjusted income in the third quarter to top Wall Street expectations.

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Mentor Graphics posts better-than-expected adjusted 2Q profit, shares jump 11 percent

Mentor Graphics 2Q results top estimates

WILSONVILLE, Ore. — Mentor Graphics Corp., which makes electronics-testing software, on Thursday reported a wider second-quarter loss but adjusted results and sales topped Wall Street expectations by a wide margin.

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In tough times, Portland’s ‘young creatives’ find out how to hang on as well as hang out

Portland's 'young creatives' tough out tough times

PORTLAND, Ore. — Ceramics artist Heidi Sowa had her eyes set on Portland for years. The city was not too big, had a cohesive arts community and plenty of easygoing and helpful people.

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Downturn becomes an opportunity as AMD supplier starts $4.2B chip plant in upstate NY

Despite downturn, AMD supplier starts $4.2B plant

MALTA, N.Y. — Work on a $4.2 billion chip plant supplying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. starts Friday in a woodsy patch of upstate New York — across the Atlantic from AMD's sister factories and in the middle of a recession.

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UK court says Google not liable for defamatory material appearing in search results

UK court rejects suit on Google search results

LONDON — A British judge has ruled that Google cannot be held responsible for defamatory words that appear in results on the popular Internet search engine.

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Travel briefs

UNESCO adds Dolomites to world heritage list, drops Dresden

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Yahoo wins round in Oregon nude photo court battle, not liable for third-party posting

Yahoo wins round in Oregon nude photo court battle

PORTLAND, Ore. — Yahoo has won a legal battle over removing nude photos that an Oregon woman claimed her boyfriend posted on its Web site without her knowledge or permission.

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