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Apple Wants To Sue Kodak
Apple wants to sue Kodak over patent infringement. Since Kodak is in Chapter 11, Apple has to ask the court which has supervised the process. The suit is part of a very…
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/15/2012) Smartphone Sales Surge, Yahoo! Ends Talks
Chinese central bank leader Zhou Xiaochuan told European officials that his country will provide funds to aid the struggling nations of the eurozone. The money could come through the International Monetary Fund of the European Financial…
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Media Digest (2/15/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg
China offers financial support to the fund that will be used for bailouts of the eurozone’s weakest economies. (MarketWatch) Greece is in the midst of what may be one of the deepest recessions on…
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Smartphone Q4 Sales Surge With Apple And Android Increases
Gartner released its research about Q4 2011 smartphone sales. The data was pretty much as expected. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android based phones added market share. Weaklings which include former market leader…
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/14/2012) Moody’s Downgrades Europe, New Apple Products
The relentless attack by U.S. credit rating agencies on the risk of the sovereign debt of EU members continues. It happened again yesterday when Moody’s downgraded a number of nations just after a deal was set for…
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Media Digest (2/14/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) gets approval from the European Commission and the U.S. to buy Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI). (Reuters) Boeing (NYSE: BA) signs a $22.4 billion deal with Lion Air. (Reuters) Moody’s…
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Google Gets European OK for Motorola Acquisition (GOOG, MMI)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has received approval from the European Union for its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE: MMI). Google is expecting similar approval from the US Department…
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/13/2012) Record Gas Prices, Valentine Sales
The mess in Greece will not go away, even though the nation’s parliament voted by an overwhelming margin to accept austerity measures to get a 130 billion euro bailout, its second. Citizens continue…
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Media Digest (2/13/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Greece’s parliament passes austerity measures as people riot. (Reuters) President Obama’s new budget plan will be based in part on taxation of the rich. (Reuters) Olympus forecasts a $412 million loss. (Reuters)…
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Google’s New Product–A YouTube App?
The media has been full of rumors about what Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) would announce at a meeting with the press and analysts. A number of people “familiar” with the plans believed it would be a…
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Apple Files Another Major Lawsuit Againt Samsung
In another round of the global intellectual war between Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung, Apple has filed a lawsuit in the US which claims the South Korean firm violates four of its patents.…
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US Air Force Readies Proposal Tablets (APPL, RIMM, GOOG, UAL)
The US Air Force is preparing a Request for Proposal (RFP) to acquire up to 18,000 tablet computers. The Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad 2 is among the contenders, as is the…
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/10/2012) China’s Imports, Google Home Entertainment
China’s imports number fell more than expected, another sign that an economy that grew at 10% or more per year for a decade has moved into a recession of sorts. Exports decreased 0.5%…
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Media Digest (2/10/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT
The U.S. and state attorneys general reach a $25 billion settlement with five banks over mortgage abuses. (Reuters) The Hong Kong division of Alibaba may go private as part of a refinancing…
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Google To Market Home Entertainment Device
As The Wall Street Journal reports, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has decided to follow Apple into the device business with its buyout of Motorola. The paper says that interest in hardware and software has…