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Barnes & Noble

Microsoft, Barnes & Noble Ink New Nook Tie-up

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), the world's biggest software company, and Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), said they?ve agreed to collaborate on new tablet technology to battle Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company and Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN).
iPhone 5 Features - Apple Develops NFC Patent For Gift-Giving Through iTunes

iPhone 5 Feature? Apple Introduces NFC Patent For iTunes Gift-Giving [PICTURES]

Recently-granted patents suggest Apple will implement a near-field communication (NFC) chip into its sixth-generation iPhone -- presumably called the iPhone 5 -- but in addition to sending and receiving payments from customers to merchants, Apple will also reportedly use this chip to send and receive gifts from one iPhone to another.
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Farmers, Scientists Protest USDA Approval Of Dow's 'Agent Orange Corn'

Consumer, producer, and environmental groups are concerned that Dow AgroSciences appears to be on the cusp of winning U.S. regulatory approval for genetically engineered corn -- a move that could potentially have devastating consequences by encouraging the increased use of the herbicide 2,4-D.
AIG

33 Key Earnings Reports To Watch This Week, April 30-May 4

The first-quarter earnings season has so far generated big waves of positive surprises, which fueled the upward momentum in the stock market. However, investors should take these earnings beats with a grain of salt.
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Xgeva: FDA Rejects Amgen's Application To Expand Use Of Drug

U.S. health regulators rejected the application by Amgen Inc, the world's biggest biotechnology company, to expand the use of the drug Xgeva to delay the spread of tumors to the bone in patients suffering from advanced prostate cancer.
Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo Enters Prime Brokerage World With Merlin Acquisition

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) annouced Friday the acquisition of prime broker Merlin Securities LLC for an undisclosed amount. The move is the bank's first move into prime brokerage services, which provides clients such as hedge fund managers to records-handling and trade-clearing services.
Samsung Galaxy S3’s US Variant To Feature Qualcomm Dual-Core Chips, Not Quad-Core [REPORT]

Samsung Galaxy S3's US Variant To Feature Qualcomm Dual-Core Chips, Not Quad-Core [Report]

South Korean tech giant Samsung announced Thursday that its upcoming Galaxy smartphone, the Galaxy S3, would get Exynos 4 Quad boost up. The company said in a press release that the new processor is already in production and is scheduled to be adopted first into Samsung's next Galaxy smartphone that will officially be announced in May.
procter and gamble

Procter & Gamble's Q3 Earnings Slip, Full-Year Outlook Cut

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG), the world's largest consumer-goods company, said its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 16 percent, weighed down by higher commodity prices and restructuring-related costs.
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Samsung Becomes World's Largest Handset Maker, Nokia's 14-Year Run Ends

After reporting record profit for the first quarter of 2012, South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics has achieved yet another outstanding feat. The company has become the world's number one handset vendor, thereby ending Finnish firm Nokia's 14-year run as the global leader, according to a latest research from Strategy Analytics.
Samsung Galaxy S3 Official Release

Galaxy S3 Name Is Official And Strong Sales Expected, Says Samsung Executive

As far as the name and features of the new Galaxy phone is concerned, the Korean electronics giant had managed successfully to keep them under wraps until Thursday when senior vice-president Robert Yi revealed the name of what the company calls its Next Galaxy. And, yes, we predicted it right, the names is indeed Samsung Galaxy S3!
 HTC One S

Samsung Galaxy S2 Vs HTC One S: Battle Between Old And New T-Mobile Smartphones Stiffens

With sleek body and exceptionally well performing camera, HTC One S is one smartphone that left critics drooling over it. The latest HTC flick is perhaps one of the very nicest phones in 2012 (until of course Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 hit the market), managing Ice Cream Sandwich, Sense 4 user interface and boasting of slim avatar.
Starbucks

Starbucks 2Q Rises But Sales Miss Street View, Shares Fall

Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq: SBUX), the world's largest coffee shop chain, said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit jumped 18.5 percent on rising sales at stores open at least one year and higher efficiency.
Chesapeake CEO

SEC Launches Probe Of Chesapeake Energy-CEO Arrangement

The Securities and Exchange Commission launched a probe on Thursday of a program by Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) that let its founder and CEO get an ownership interest in any well drilled by the second-largest U.S. natural gas producer.
ExxonMobil

Exxon Mobil 1Q Earnings Fall As Output Slips

Exxon Mobil Corp, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, posted a lower first-quarter profit on Thursday as its oil and natural gas production slumped more than 5 percent, pushing its shares down 1.1 percent premarket.
Sprint to Launch ZTE Optik in February – Rumored Specs of the Affordable Tablet

Sprint To Continue Unlimited Data Plan For Next iPhone

After confirming to offer an unlimited data plan for its upcoming 4G LTE network at the beginning of this month, Sprint Nextel has confirmed that it will not change the plan even when the next iteration of iPhone arrives.
Chesapeake Energy

Chesapeake Energy To Halt CEO's Well Ownership Plan

Natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp said on Thursday it would halt a controversial program that gave company founder and chief executive Aubrey McClendon an ownership stake in its wells.
iOS 6 Release 2012: Top 10 Features Apple Lovers Would Want To See In Next iPhone Operating System

iOS 6 Release 2012: Top 10 Features Apple Lovers Would Want To See In Next iPhone Operating System

Apple's new iOS 6 has a great possibility to be released in this year's Worldwide Developers Conference that will kick off on July 11. Features that it should have Face Recognition, Better Siri, NFC, Multitasking, Turn-by-Turn Navigation, Date/time stamps to iMessage and text messages, AirDrop, Quick Toggles in Notification Center, Automatic App Updating and etc.

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