Costa Rica is reporting its first confirmed swine flu case _ and the first flu case in Latin America outside Mexico.

Integrated Device Technology Inc. on Thursday reported a loss for its fiscal fourth-quarter due to a drop in revenue and a major writedown in the value of the company.

The McClatchy Co.’s losses widened in the first quarter amid an advertising meltdown that’s threatening to get the newspaper publisher into hot water with its lenders.

Novellus Systems Inc., which makes gear for producing computer chips, said on Wednesday that it lost $66.4 million in the first-quarter as shipments fell by nearly half from the previous quarter.

NBC says it’s disappointed indicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich can’t go to Costa Rica to tape a reality TV show but it isn’t moving the show to the U.S. to accommodate him.

A federal judge dashed indicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s reality TV dream Tuesday, refusing to give the ousted Democrat permission to travel to Costa Rica to tape a show in the jungle.

Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. on Thursday posted a first-quarter loss on a drop in sales and hefty restructuring charges.

Costa Rica says it will re-establish diplomatic ties with communist Cuba, and El Salvador’s new president-elect is promising to do the same once in office.

In a spring rite that has become as predictable as cherry blossoms in the nation’s capital, public school employees throughout California warned of wrenching classroom cuts as local officials faced a deadline for issuing layoff notices to educators.

EBay Inc. has been struggling to improve its online marketplace, and the company acknowledged Wednesday that it still has a long way to go. But eBay also highlighted the strength of its PayPal unit, predicting its business will double in size by 2011.