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  PayPal Drops WikiLeaks Account

  PayPal, the online payment service, has joined a growing number of companies that have pulled or threatened to pull Internet-support services to the controversial document-leaking website, by cutting off a donations account used by WikiLeaks.

  • Nations, Firms Try to Push WikiLeaks Offline

• Lawsuit Targets Data Collection

  A lawsuit filed Friday against an adult website owner is one of the first to target an internet practice called "history-sniffing," which is drawing increased scrutiny from regulators and academics.

• U.S., South Korea Set Trade Pact

  The U.S. and South Korea agreed to revive a broad pact that could drop barriers on a wide array of goods and services, setting up what would be the biggest nation-to-nation trade deal since Nafta.

  • After Attack, South Korea-U.S. Talks Accelerated
  • Factiva Search: Pact Could Boost U.S. Beef

• XMRV: Red Cross Now Barring Blood Donors Who Have CFS

  The American Red Cross says that as a result of concerns over XMRV, it is barring people with a diagnosis of CFS from donating blood.

• Google Talks With Groupon End

  Google's multibillion-dollar bid to acquire local deals site Groupon ended Friday as the two ended talks.

  • Groupon Was Right to Say No to Google

• Jobs Setback Clouds Recovery

• Number or the Week: Tiny Benefit of QE2 for Mortgage Holders

• Analyst Pressured by the FBI

• Mining Firms Race for New Resources

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  Dow Chemical Hit Again on Bhopal

• Rugby Star Gets GM Out of a Scrum

• Majority of Panel Backs Deficit Plan