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Apple vs. Google: The Stakes Are Rising
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:20:59 EST
Google plans to make a branded home-entertainment system, moving toward control of both the software and hardware process, a formula used by rival Apple.

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The New Water Cooler Is a TV Show
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:38:18 EST
Millions watch "after shows," a growing television phenomenon dedicated to deconstructing that night's program, with tweets, Facebook posts and old-fashioned call-in questions from the audience.

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Rabbit, Run Is an Exhortation Oft Heard in England Now
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:08:12 EST
Rabbit jumping is a new hobby among young women in England, but they are no match for the Swedes, who are champions at the sport.

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Mortgage Deal Lifts Hopes for Markets
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:05:08 EST
The $25 billion settlement with banks over alleged foreclosure abuses will provide financial relief to an estimated one million at-risk borrowers, raising new hopes for an economy still hurting from the mortgage bust.

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Xi to Address 'Trust Deficit'
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:03:19 EST
Ahead of next week's U.S. visit by Xi Jinping, the man expected to be China's next top leader, a senior Chinese official warned of a "trust deficit" hampering relations between Beijing and Washington.

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Greece Sets Austerity Plan
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:37:29 EST
Greece's leaders agreed on austerity moves needed for a new bailout, but euro-zone finance ministers demanded the measures formally pass the Greek parliament.

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Kodak Shutters Camera Business
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:56:09 EST
Eastman Kodak, which began making cameras more than a century ago, said it plans to stop supplying digital cameras and pocket video cameras as it focuses its consumer business on photo printing.

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Asian Shares Fall on Greece
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:23:25 EST
Asian stock markets were mostly lower Friday amid seesawing fortunes in Greece's debt saga, while Rio Tinto shares fell in Sydney after a sharp drop in fiscal year earnings. The Nikkei fell 0.1%.

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PepsiCo Overhauls Strategy
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:03:30 EST
PepsiCo is chopping 8,700 jobs and increasing its marketing budget as it tries to overhaul a struggling U.S. beverage business.

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Sony CEO: No 'Sacred Area'
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:10:42 EST
Sony's incoming CEO said restructuring will continue at the Japanese electronics giant, and insisted he is prepared to make "hard decisions."

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Alibaba Wants Its Stake Back
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:07:50 EST
Alibaba Group plans to borrow $3 billion to buy back shares that Yahoo owns in the Chinese e-commerce company.

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'Big' Was Diamond CEO's Style
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:25:54 EST
Michael J. Mendes, who was dismissed as CEO of Diamond Foods on Tuesday in the wake of accounting irregularities at the company, thought big in his 20 years at what was once a low-key walnut growers' cooperative.

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Alcan Proves Costly to Rio Tinto
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:48:31 EST
Rio Tinto's $8.9 billion write-down on its Alcan aluminum division casts a pall over the struggling aluminum sector and offers a cautionary tale to mining companies contemplating big buys.

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Fed's 'Operation Twist' Tangles Treasury Trade
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:47:09 EST
Operation Twist has got the Treasury market in a knot—the number of bonds available to trade is shrinking more rapidly than just the presence of the Fed as a buyer would dictate.

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China's Inflation Speeds Up
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:21:51 EST
China's consumer price index accelerated unexpectedly in January to 4.5%, because of higher food prices during the Lunar New Year holiday.

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Power-Struggle Talk Grows in China
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:30:45 EST
A senior Chinese official sought to play down an unfolding political drama involving Bo Xilai, despite speculation that it signaled a struggle over the coming national leadership transition.

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Living Very Large
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:36:07 EST
Shooting ranges, a indoor tennis court, a bedroom bigger than many houses: For a small cadre of very wealthy owners, building big is back. A bird's-eye view of some of the mega mansions going up across the country.

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Mediterranean, Vegas-Style
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:27:02 EST
This 16,649-square-foot home with 11 bedrooms, 11 full baths and 2 half-baths is being auctioned without reserve on Feb. 24.

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It's Time for the Ivies to Embrace Sports
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:18:47 EST
Jeremy Lin is doing something few athletes have ever done. He's getting Harvard all fired up.

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After Years, a Myanmar Exile Returns
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:23:38 EST
Aung Naing Oo fled Myanmar more than two decades ago, trekking through dense tropical jungles to escape the country's harsh military regime. On Friday, he plans to return, the latest in a growing number of exiles going back.

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