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Apple CEO Cook's Top Priorities: Poll

Topix - Business News  Tue, 02/14/2012 - 11:02

Technology and Internet conference in San Francisco today, with investors eager to hear his plans for the consumer-tech giant.


 

Barnes & Noble, Taking On Amazon in the Fight of Its Life

NYT > Business  Sat, 01/28/2012 - 17:36

Barnes & Noble, the giant that put so many booksellers out of business, now finds itself locked in the fight of its life.

Its survival stands between traditional book publishers and oblivion.


 

Foxconn, Apologizes for CEO's Comparison of Workers to 'Animals'

Digg - Business & Finance  Sat, 01/21/2012 - 12:59

The electronics contracting giant and Apple partner says CEO Terry Gou's remarks were 'taken out of context' but apologizes for the misunderstanding.


 

Google’s Strong Results Less Than Expected

NYT > Business  Thu, 01/19/2012 - 17:41

The search giant posted record-breaking quarterly revenue of $10.58 billion. But Wall Street had expected Google to do better, and shares dropped in after-hours trading.


 

Apple Shares Hit New High

Topix - Business News  Mon, 01/09/2012 - 12:05

Shares of the tech giant, which will report earnings on Jan. 24, spiked briefly to $427.38 shortly after market open, surpassing their previous 52-week high of $426.70.

The rising share price comes at a time when analysts are predicting Apple upside.


 

Saudi dairy giant spends $83M on Argentina farms

Newsvine - business  Wed, 12/21/2011 - 07:49

Saudi Arabia's largest dairy company said Wednesday it is buying Argentine farm operator Fondomonte S.A. for $83 million in a bid to secure animal feed.


 

How Freedom Group Became the Gun Industry’s Giant

NYT > Business  Sat, 11/26/2011 - 19:37

In the last few years, many of the top names in rifles and shotguns have been acquired by a corporate unknown: the Freedom Group.


 

Microsoft Pumps Up Rhetoric Against Google

Digg - Business & Finance  Sat, 11/05/2011 - 03:14

Perhaps stung by Google Apps landing a big contract with General Motors, Redmond lashed out against the search giant.


 

Google invests $28 million in affordable housing

Digg - Business & Finance  Thu, 09/29/2011 - 09:04

The search giant will build 240 units in Allston, a section of Boston, that has one of the largest low-income housing developments in the U.S.

Read this blog post by Don Reisinger on The Digital Home.


 

Court rules that UBS trader should stay in custody

Newsvine - business  Thu, 09/22/2011 - 05:12

A London court has ordered an alleged renegade trader accused of losing Swiss banking giant UBS about $2.3 billion to be held in jail until a hearing next month.