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* Cadence Design Systems Inc., a San Jose-based maker of semiconductor-design software, didn’t steal technology used in machines that cost as much as $1 million from rival Mentor Graphics Corp., a jury decided in federal court in San Francisco.
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* The possibility of war in Iraq and continuing concerns about the economy have prompted a hiring freeze at Walt Disney Co.’s Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
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