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SAN FRAN – Dell Inc. (DELL), Thursday posted sales just shy of Wall Street expectations and its shares fell 3 percent, even though profit excluding a charge topped analysts’ forecasts. The world’s largest personal computer maker reported net income, excluding a tax-related charge, of $947 million, or 37 cents a …

NEW YORK – The U.N. oil-for-food program chief under scrutiny for alleged corruption and mismanagement blocked a proposed audit of his office around the same time he’s accused of soliciting lucrative oil deals from Iraq, according to investigators. A U.N. auditing team, which was severely understaffed, said running the $64 …

NEW YORK – H&R Block Inc. (HRB), the world’s largest tax preparer, Thursday posted a lower quarterly profit, but beat Wall Street forecasts and signaled the current tax season could be more profitable than last year’s. The Kansas City, Mo.-based company said through Feb. 15, tax preparation and related fees …