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SAN FRANCISCO – Kirk Reynolds (search) made just the kind of offensive guffaw he’d preached to the 49ers (search) players about avoiding. San Francisco’s well-liked public relations director is suddenly on his way out of the organization after producing a controversial in-house video meant to prepare players for dealing with …

LAS VEGAS – Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. (HET) is one step closer to regaining its title as the world’s largest gambling company. The Federal Trade Commission said Harrah’s could move forward with its $5.2 billion acquisition of Caesars Entertainment Inc (CZR). An FTC (search) spokesman had no comment but the Las …

WASHINGTON – The government has asked a federal judge to require cigarette makers to fund a $10 billion quit-smoking program and $4 billion for an anti-smoking education campaign to remedy decades of alleged fraud by the industry. Lawyers for the Justice Department (search) told U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler in …