Portland center Greg Oden underwent season-ending surgery on Sunday after breaking his left kneecap in the opening minutes of Portland's NBA victory over Houston the night before. The disappointing finish just six weeks into the 2009-2010 campaign came as a result of a fall in the first quarter, with Oden taken off the court on a stretcher and set ...

Charter Communications Inc., the nation's fourth largest cable operator, said Monday that it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Charter, controlled by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, said the prearranged bankruptcy filing erased $8 billion of debt and the new company will be left with borrowings of $13 billion ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and has begun treatment, a spokesman for his investment company said on Monday. Employees of Vulcan Inc, which Allen formed in 1986 to manage his business dealings and philanthropic activity, were informed of Allen's illness in a company e-mail on Monday. "He's feeling ...

Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, has been diagnosed with cancer, technology blogs have reported. Allen, 56, one of the wealthiest men in the world, has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, CNET News and other technology news sites said, quoting a letter from Allen's sister, Jody Allen. "He received the diagnosis early this ...