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* Two former Transmeta Corp. workers pleaded not guilty to charges they stole trade secrets from the computer chip maker and Sun Microsystems Inc. to help a Chinese company manufacture microprocessors. The case against Fei Ye and Ming Zhong is only the second time the U.S. government has brought charges under the 1996 Economic Espionage Act.

* Factory 2-U Stores Inc. said it would close 23 stores and cut 350 jobs to boost operating results.