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* Gateway Inc. forecast fourth-quarter profit of 3 cents to 4 cents a share before some costs and gains, up from a previous forecast of 1 cent to 2 cents. It also projected fourth-quarter sales of as much as $1.03 billion.

* Morningstar Associates, the investment advisory arm of Morningstar Inc., said it received a subpoena from New York Atty. Gen. Eliot Spitzer seeking information about its consulting services to retirement plan providers.

* Yahoo Inc. introduced a search engine devoted to finding video clips on the Web, which would allow it to sell more-expensive ads.

* Online search company Ask Jeeves Inc., joining a number of rivals, launched an application that lets people search files and documents on their computers.

* Chiron Corp. said the Food and Drug Administration would give priority review to the company’s application to sell Pulminiq, a treatment to help prevent rejection of transplanted lungs.

* TV ratings firm Nielsen Entertainment and ad placement company Massive Inc. said they would develop a service to track ads in video games.

* The board of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System voted to oppose privatizing the Social Security system.