Wall Street Journal
Toshiba to Launch New Tablet Computer
Toshiba said that it will release by year-end a tablet computer that runs on Google's Android operating system as the company aims to compete with Apple's iPad.
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Toshiba to Launch New Tablet Computer
Toshiba said that it will release by year-end a tablet computer that runs on Google's Android operating system as the company aims to compete with Apple's iPad.
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Roche Launches Cost-Costing Plan
Roche said it has launched a cost-cutting and efficiency plan in the wake of increased price pressures and a series of drug-development setbacks.
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TPG Sells Ping An Stake For $1.16 Billion
Private-equity firm TPG Inc. has sold its remaining stake in Ping An Insurance for $1.16 billion in the latest example of how the U.S. company is reaping profits from its investments in Asia.
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Baidu Unveils App Store
Baidu unveiled a platform that lets users run applications through the company's website, beating Google to the punch. Users of the service can run applications similar to those found on Facebook or Apple's App Store.
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Techs Lead in Tokyo, Seoul
Asian stock markets were modestly higher Friday with technology plays leading markets in Tokyo and Seoul. The Nikkei rose 0.4%.
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Samsung Unveils iPad Rival
Samsung introduced its Galaxy Tab to rival Apple's iPad tablet. The device could help the company make up for lost ground in its smartphone business.
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iPhone Adds Carriers in Germany
Deutsche Telekom will lose exclusivity for Apple's iPhone in Germany ahead of the holiday shopping season, bringing the number of providers that sell the device in the country to three.
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Video Game Tort: You Made Me Play You
Does needing an online fix qualify as bodily harm?
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BK's Strategy: Play Catch-Up
Burger King Holdings agreed to a $3.3 billion leveraged buyout by private-equity firm 3G Capital Management that proposes to reinvigorate the struggling hamburger chain by accelerating its international expansion.
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East Coast Braces for Hurricane Earl
Vacationers hustled out of coastal North Carolina ahead of Hurricane Earl, while forecasters predicted the gradually weakening storm would travel next to southern New England.
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Probe Circles Globe to Find Dirty Money
A slim lead helped spark a global inquiry that found some of Europe's vaunted banks actively evaded U.S. law in aiding sanctioned countries to move $2 billion undetected.
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Blaze in Gulf Shakes Oil Industry
The fire that engulfed an oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico heightened pressure on the energy industry, which is battling greater regulation and a deep-water drilling ban.
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A New Digital Battlefield
TV shows are emerging as a new front in the war over digital media between Amazon.com and Apple amid their ongoing battles over electronic books and online music.
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A New Digital Battlefield
TV shows are emerging as a new front in the war over digital media between Amazon.com and Apple amid their ongoing battles over electronic books and online music.
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Putin Extends Wheat-Export Ban
The Russian prime minister's move helped push up the price of wheat and sparked fears of supply shortages and broader unrest over rising food costs.
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Disney, Time Warner Reach Deal
Disney and Time Warner Cable reached an accord after marathon negotiations over a long-term deal that will provide Time Warner Cable subscribers with a wide swath of Disney's programming.
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Toshiba Recalls 41,000 Laptops
Toshiba is recalling 41,000 laptop computers due to concerns they can overheat where the AC adapter plugs in, posing a burn hazard to users.
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H-P Outguns Dell in Takeover Duel
It wasn't the biggest bidding war the tech world has ever seen, but the battle between titans H-P and Dell for a humble maker of data-storage systems certainly qualified as one of the wildest ever.
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H-P Outguns Dell in Takeover Duel
It wasn't the biggest bidding war the tech world has ever seen, but the battle between titans H-P and Dell for a humble maker of data-storage systems certainly qualified as one of the wildest ever.
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