NEW YORK - Media and home decor retailer Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. reported improved second-quarter results Wednesday that slightly exceeded Wall Street expectations, but warned that it doesn't expect to meet third-quarter or full-year estimates due to the stock scandal involving its namesake CEO.

DALLAS - Halliburton Co. said Wednesday that it lost $498 million in the second quarter, weighed down by charges against earnings for asbestos-related claims and a troubled project in Brazil.

Sacramento -- Oracle Corp. and the Davis administration reached an agreement Tuesday to cancel a $95 million contract for database software, hoping to end an embarrassing scandal for the governor and the Redwood Shores company.

ISRAEL - Dense fragments of bone from a suicide bomber lodged in victims as shrapnel tested positive for hepatitis B on Tuesday, reports the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera.

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