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AMSTERDAM – Dutch company Philips Electronics (PHG) will make house calls to repair almost 12,000 flat-panel plasma TV sets in the United States because they are liable to overheating, it said on Friday. Several incidents of overheating have been reported in the United States, but Philips said materials used in …

NEW YORK – U.S. stocks rose Wednesday as gains in network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) and other tech shares helped drive the Nasdaq Composite index up more than 1 percent in a rebound from Tuesday’s sharp losses. Strong earnings from companies like software maker Autodesk Inc. and clothing …

NEW ORLEANS – Six months after Hurricane Katrina, President Bush got a close-up look Wednesday at the mountains of debris, the abandoned homes and the boarded-up businesses that are shocking reminders of the “pain and agony” New Orleans endures still. In the devastated Lower Ninth Ward, few residents were around …