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SAN FRANCISCO – Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday’s session are Nvidia Corp., Pacific Sunwear of California and Kohl’s Corp. Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. (ERJ) is expected to report earnings per share of 64 cents for the second quarter. After Thursday’s closing …

FRANKFURT/CHICAGO – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) said it’s raising wages at nearly a third of its 4,000 U.S. stores and introducing wage caps at all stores in an effort to remain competitive with other retailers and meet a need for workers and managers as it continues to expand. Workers at …

TOKYO – Japan was planning to slap its own set of economic sanctions on North Korea after the hardline regime flatly rejected a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning its recent ballistic missile tests, Japanese media reported Monday. Above and beyond sanctions already called for in the U.N. resolution, Tokyo was …