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Summary Box: JPMorgan's results drag down stocks

TD Ameritrade fiscal 1Q profit up 5 percent

Wells Fargo net rises on deposits, lending growth

Citi misses Street; 4Q profit down 11 percent

Chevron warns 4Q earnings below 3Q results

Summary Box: Bristol says strategy shift paid off

Pfizer CEO focused on research revamp, partnering

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Despite success, bank cautious
Gold Bank's chairman and CEO says the institution's expansion in the bay area is going to be "pragmatic."

Sprint workers threaten strike
A walkout would affect the local-phone division, but the company said service wouldn't be disrupted.

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CD MAKERS MOVE TO CURB COPYING: Microsoft Corp. said EMI Group PLC and Vivendi Universal SA's Universal Music Group will use a new set of software tools that can prevent customers from copying compact discs to computers and sharing music. The programs also let consumers get additional content from a CD on a personal computer, such as artist interviews and liner notes, the software maker said in a statement. Sales of recorded music fell 9 percent in 2002, partly because of piracy, music companies have said.

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