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Yelp, the San Francisco-based review website, raised $107 million in its initial public offering and priced its shares $1 above prior expectations.

Starbucks Corp. (Nasdaq: SBUX), the world's biggest coffeehouse chain, plans to grab market share from Switzerland-based food giant Nestle SA in the area of instant coffee and increase the number of Starbucks stores in Germany to more than 1,000 from 150, the Financial Times Deutschland reported Friday.

The newly launched Microsoft's Windows 8 Consumer Preview sparked up with one million times download in 24 hours after being released.

Nokia 808 PureView with its 41 MP camera is great competition for Lumia 900, another great Nokia smartphone. Check out the features of both Nokia phones and see how they stack up against each other.

Apple is all set to launch the next generation iPad 3 with some breathtaking features March 7. Experts and Apple tablet lovers have started predicting the future of existing and the upcoming tablets.

As Apple gearing up for the release of its next generation iPhone, presumably named the iPhone 5, amazing hype surrounds the smartphone with rumors confounding customers about when the device will finally be launched and what the features will be on board.

Take your pick from the gallery of pictures of the most fuel-efficient vehicles in America that claim to keep gas woes at bay.

Yelp Inc, the online reviews service, has priced its initial public offering at $15 per share, which is above its expected range of $12 to $14.

Eastman Kodak Co has announced that it has agreed to sell its online photo services to Shutterfly for US$23.8 million.

Janus Capital Group cut the pay of its chief executive sharply last year and put new compensation guidelines in place after it lost a shareholder "Say on Pay" vote, the Denver asset manager said in a proxy filing on Thursday.

Shares of Apple (NYSE: AAPL) spent all of Friday above the $500 billion market capitalization mark as they also set a new record of $545.18.

The U.S. Navajo Nation has sued Urban Outfitters Inc. for trademark violations and licensing discrepancies in regard to products offered in its retail stores and online.

The federal government's effort to enforce stronger warning labels on cigarette packaging hit a snag Wednesday when a judge ruled that the regulations are a violation of free speech.

New York's condo market officially has a new champion. The record-breaking $88 million sale of a penthouse of 15 Central Park West appeared in city records Thursday, setting a new bar for the city's luxury market.

The Ferrari F12berlinetta, a painfully beautiful car recently unveiled by the storied Italian automaker, was tested by Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 drivers Fernando Alonso and Filipe Massa and they found it to be staggeringly quick and incredibly powerful.

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), the world’s biggest chipmaker, put $100 million into a venture capital fund intended to make cars smarter.

The soon-to-be available electric Tesla Model S sedan will not experience permanent battery failure that has been reported in earlier Tesla models, like the Roadster, whose batteries completed discharged and could not be recharged, the manufacturer said.

After yesterday's announcement of the Toshiba Excite 10 LE release in the market from March 6, 2012 (which the company claims as World's thinnest tablet), here is a spec-by-spec comparison with Huawei's MediaPad 10 FHD, claimed as world's first quad core tablet which is also super thin.

Apple enthusiasts around the globe are eager to welcome iPad 3, which Apple is all set to launch on March 7. Rumors even suggest that iTV or a new variant of iPad 2 might also be launched with the next generation iPad. While all these rumors are rife, the price of the tablet is one unsettling aspect that people the world over are waiting to know even before they get to see the fancied device.

Just a couple of days after Apple sent invitations to an event scheduled for next Wednesday for the release of its third generation iPad, a new round of rumors suggest that Apple will unveil two iPad 3 models and they will be accompanied by a cheaper 8GB iPad 2 model.

We bring you the slideshow of the key winners at 17th Annual Global Mobile Awards held by GSMA at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012 in Barcelona recently

Microsoft announced the Windows 8 Consumer Preview on Wednesday during a side event to the Mobile World Congress, at the Hotel Miramar in Barcelona. Although the Windows 8 beta is quite easy to install, there are some system requirements. Here are the details on how to install it.

After the golden Oscar night came one of the most prestigious events of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the Global Mobile Awards 2012. GSMA , the organization that represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry and hosts the MWC in Barcelona laurelled Samsung and Apple with the top categories of the night.

Facebook has unveiled new ways for businesses to reach its 845 million users directly across all devices, including mobile, as it races toward a multibillion dollar IPO. With new Premium on Facebook ads, marketers can expand their reach on the social network by paying for a video.

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday unveiled the Windows 8 Consumer Preview at the Mobile World Congress. Check out the best five features that we think will take Windows 8 a long way in coming days.

Finnish gaming firm Rovio expects to boost growth for months to come, with expansion in Asia, to Facebook and with the launch of Angry Birds Spaces, its marketing chief told Reuters in an interview.

Facebook has unveiled new ways for businesses to reach its 845 million users directly across all devices, including mobile, as it races toward a multibillion dollar IPO.

LightSquared, the beleaguered telecom startup founded by hedge fund manager Philip Falcone, is considering hiring telecommunications veteran Timothy Donahue as chief executive officer, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

The Dallas Independent School District could be facing federal violations for sex discrimination and improper use of federal funds for a World War II lesson plan that separated fifth grade boys from girls.