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Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs returns on Monday to the stage at San Francisco's Moscone center to take the wraps off what investors hope will be the next source of growth for the world's most valuable technology company.

Online retailer Amazon.com started accepting preorders for Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of Steve Jobs, 'iSteve: The Book of Jobs,' which is due to be released in March 2012.

All eyes are on Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco on Monday and whether Steve Jobs will unveil Apple iPhone 5. The endearing Android line-up has already caused apprehension in the iOS camp. Here is a quick glance at what is cooking in the Android camp:

Apple had kept the market in mystery by not revealing the details of ‘ the upcoming cloud service offering’, since the announcement of unveiling Lion, iOS 5, iCloud in the press release.

Boeing Co will lay off about 510 employees in its Space Exploration division as the United States' space shuttle program draws to a close.

A weaker than expected May jobs report and downward revisions to the March and April releases has rekindled fears of either a double dip recession or a stagflationary economic environment.

Wall Street closed out a fifth week of losses with more selling on Friday after a gloomy jobs report strengthened the case the economy was slowing, though analysts said indexes may finally stabilize in the near term.

Shares of U.S. staffing and jobs services companies fell on Friday after a disappointing jobs report showed far fewer new jobs were created last month than economists expected, adding to recent evidence the U.S. economy has hit a soft patch.

The iPhone 5 is already the must-have accessory for the fall.

Republican presidential candidates seized on a new report showing anemic job growth to criticize Obama's stewardship of the economy.

The May jobs report was terrible. The unemployment rate went up to 9.1 percent and the economy only added 54,000 jobs.

Apple iCloud, iOS 5, and OS X Lion are going to dominate Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) next week.

U.S. employers added only 54,000 new workers in May, the fewest amount in eight months while the unemployment rate rose to 9.1, according to the Labor Department.

Apple is set to follow on the footsteps of The Google and Facebook by constructing its new $1 billion, 500,000 square foot data center in North Carolina

There is immense buzz in the market over the features, form and release date of the next generation iPhone from Apple, ahead of Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) that kick starts in San Francisco next Monday. Fans have kept fingers crossed as to what CEO Steve Jobs will tell them about the next generation iPhone.

With a slew of Android phones set to hit market, why is Apple apparently passing up WWDC platform to announce iPhone 5? Also why is it not dealing a sucker punch to Android by announcing superior features iPhone fans have been waiting for? A slew of Android devices slated to hit market this summer have superior features like 4G, NFC and ultra-high resolution cameras.

U.S. stocks ended a volatile trading day mostly flat on Thursday as investors were reluctant to make bets a day before a critical labor market report that could magnify fears the economy is slowing.

Apple iOS 5 powered iPhone 5 may not be debuting after all at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) next week, leading people to wonder whether the next generation smart phone will be playing a catch up game or whether it is prowling for the right opportunity to reveal itself and blast its rivals into oblivion.

iPhone 5 production may be delayed by one to two months, with a slight downtick in the second quarter.

Barclays Capital said Apple Inc.'s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote to feature Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, iCloud and Steve Jobs, which could make the conference quite eventful.

Software improvements in the iOS 5 and iCloud will be the defining characteristics of Apple iPhone 5, not any hardware feature, according to analysts.