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News Corp shares rise on doubled share buyback

(AP) -- Shares in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. rose Thursday after the company posted upbeat quarterly results and doubled its commitment to buying back shares.

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Clearwire 1Q revenue drops from 4Q on Sprint deal

(AP) -- Clearwire Corp., which runs a wireless data network, on Thursday reported its first drop in quarter-over-quarter revenue, as a new deal with major customer Sprint Nextel Corp. kicked in.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook emerges from Steve Jobs' shadow

(AP) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook has long seen as the humorless and unemotional guy running the show from behind the scenes. But he is beginning to reveal a more assertive and eloquent side, hinting that he's learning ...

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created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Sprint loss widens on Nextel, iPhone lifts sales

(AP) -- The impending shutdown of the Nextel network doubled Sprint Nextel Corp.'s loss in the first quarter, it said Wednesday, as it wrote down the value of the network and subscribers kept leaving it.

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Apple trumps expectations, sells 35M iPhones in 2Q

(AP) -- Apple Inc., the world's most valuable company, trumped skeptics once again by reporting blowout iPhone sales.

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created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Intel 1Q earnings fall 13 percent, revenue steady

(AP) -- First-quarter earnings at Intel Corp. fell 13 percent as spending on research and marketing rose while revenue was flat, the world's largest chipmaker said Tuesday.

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Sony to axe 10,000 jobs worldwide: report

Sony will cut 10,000 jobs worldwide this year as it attempts to carry out sweeping reforms aimed at reviving the iconic but loss-making Japanese electronics giant, the Nikkei business daily said Monday.

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created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Rocket with secret payload launches from Calif.

(AP) -- A rocket carrying a top-secret payload blasted off Tuesday from the California coast.

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created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Flat-panel TV shipments predicted to fall

U.S. flat-panel television shipments are expected to dip for the first time on an annual basis this year, ending an unbroken string of growth since the segment was created.

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created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Analyst sets $1,001 price target on Apple shares

(AP) -- A Wall Street analyst is setting the highest price target yet for Apple shares, valuing them at $1,001 each, or 63 percent more than their current price.

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created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (5) | comments 1

PC shipments to improve in 2012, but still modest

(AP) -- Worldwide shipments of personal computers will pick up in the second half of the year with the debut of a new Windows operating system and the broader availability of notebooks that are thin like tablet computers, ...

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created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China's top 2 video websites to merge

(AP) -- China's top two video websites announced plans Monday to merge in hopes of creating the dominant competitor in a fast-growing industry that is drawing viewers from bland state television.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Air Force space drone's secret mission hits one-year milestone

One year after the Air Force blasted it into orbit, an experimental robotic space drone continues to circle the Earth.

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created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Pandora shares plunge as earnings fall short

Pandora shares plunged on Tuesday after the Internet radio company posted earnings that fell short of the expectations of Wall Street analysts.

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created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Apple, Google most admired firms: Fortune

Apple topped the list of most admired companies for the fifth year in a row, based on a Fortune magazine survey released Thursday showing Google as number two and Amazon number three.

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created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1