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NEW YORK (AP) — MasterCard Inc. expects its net income to rise at least 20 percent this year, helped by a small boost from foreign exchange and a modest decline in expenses. (more)

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — Smith Micro Software Inc. offered a 2010 sales forecast Thursday in line with Wall Street expectations. (more)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — ResCare Inc., which provides residential, training and support services to people with physical and mental disabilities, said Wednesday that tight state government budgets and changes to contracts reduced its profit in 2009. (more)

NORTHFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Kraft Foods, engaged in a hostile takeover bid for candy maker Cadbury, is boosting its full-year profit outlook after logging strong operating gains, as it spent more on marketing than in the prior year. (more)

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — QLogic Corp. said Tuesday it expects its fiscal third-quarter results to top Wall Street expectations, helped by strong demand for its networking equipment. (more)

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Cheesecake Factory Inc. said Tuesday that its preliminary fourth-quarter revenue held steady while sales in established locations dipped slightly. (more)

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Stryker Corp. said Tuesday its sales grew nearly 7 percent in the fourth quarter, and the orthopedic implant maker predicted similar sales growth in 2010. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Tiffany & Co. boosted its annual profit forecast Tuesday because of strong holiday sales worldwide. (more)

BRISBANE, Calif. (AP) — Cutera Inc., a maker of laser skin treatment systems used by dermatologists and plastic surgeons, said Monday it expects fourth-quarter revenue of about $15 million. (more)

SUFFERN, N.Y. (AP) — Dress Barn Inc. boosted its fiscal 2010 profit forecast for the second time in nearly a month on Monday, citing better-than-expected holiday sales. (more)

ATLANTA (AP) — Hong Kong’s CDC Software Corp. raised its profit estimate for 2009 results Monday as revenue from licensing grows. (more)

RYE, N.Y. (AP) — Jarden Corp. raised its fourth-quarter revenue guidance Monday and said it expects sales for the quarter and full year to come in above Wall Street’s expectations. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Communications says it estimates fourth-quarter and 2009 profit below Wall Street forecasts. (more)

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said Friday that unemployment will remain high even as the economy recovers as consumers continue to pull back on spending and businesses have trouble getting access to credit. (more)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Electronics retailer Best Buy says a key sales figure rose in December as consumers snapped up notebook computers, TVs and mobile phones ahead of the holidays. (more)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Health insurer Centene Corp. Friday said it still expects profit will be about flat in 2010 due in part to startup costs from a new contract. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Natural gas producer Forest Oil Corp. said Thursday it will increase capital spending by 18 percent this year as it expands drilling activity. (more)

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Websense Inc. said Thursday that new billings for the fourth quarter and full year came in ahead of the company’s expectations, helped by strong demand for its new Web security software. (more)

CARY, N.C. (AP) — Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. said Thursday it expects more than $112 million in revenue in 2010 due to greater sales of brand-name drugs, including two drugs it acquired last year. (more)

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Sears Holdings Corp. Thursday that its fourth-quarter and fiscal year adjusted profit will likely come in sharply above prior-year results on strength at its Kmart chain — a sign fortunes may be improving for the long-struggling retailer. (more)