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Office Depot Tests PayPal's New Point-of-Sale System

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Office Depot Inc., the second-largest U.S. office-supply retailer, is testing PayPal's new point-of-sale (POS) system in a few stores, a top executive told Reuters. The news comes a few days after eBay Inc.'s PayPal unit said it had begun testing in-store payments in 51 Home Depot stores.
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Smartphone Presence Booms Among Smaller Wireless Carriers

With the searing success of Apple's iPhone line helping to spur sales of nearly 580 million smartphones in 2011, consumers are lining up to buy them. Meanwhile, the mobile industry is dying to serve them, lured by prospects of subscriber growth and terabytes of new revenue.
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Etta James Dead: ‘At Last’ Singer Dies from Cancer, Best Songs Before Death [VIDEOS]

Etta James, legendary blues singer with classics like At Last, Something's Got a Hold on Me and The Wallflower, is dead at age 73 after a battle with terminal cancer leading up to her death. James died at a California hospital Friday, as confirmed by her longtime friend and manger Lupe De Leon, who said she died from the complications of Leukemia, which she was diagnosed with in 2010, with her husband, Artis Mills, and sons by her side. Here are some of her best songs ...
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Intel announces management changes

JAN 20 - Intel Corp announced a string of top-level management changes on Friday, including the elevation of 20-year company veteran Brian Krzanich to Chief Operating Officer.
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Wall St edged lower on GE, Google results

U.S. stocks edged lower on Friday after GE and Google results fell short of expectations, while investors awaited a resolution in the latest round of Greek debt talks.
Some people believe tanning can supply the body with vitamin D, which is made in the skin in response to UV-B light exposure. But the lights used in indoor tanning machines are UV-A, which is known to induce cancer-causing DNA damage.

U.S. Indoor Tanning Tax Having Mixed Effects

Although a 2010 federal excise tax was meant to deter customers from using indoor tanning salons, only a minority of the businesses taking part in a new survey reported a drop in clients and most said their customers did not seem to care.
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Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak is a 'Big Fan of Android Phones'

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had once sworn to fight Google's Android with his last dying breath and every penny Apple had in the bank as the creative tech genius believed the rival has committed a grand theft of the iPhone's operating system. However, another Steve in Apple, and ironically, a co-founder of the tech giant, feels Apple has a lot to learn from Android phones.
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Google Named 'Best Place to Work' in 2012: How to Land a Job There

Fortune magazine named Google the best company to work for in America in 2012. The search giant, based in Mountain View, Calif., tries to keep a perfectionist attitude about everything it does, which is why it continues to grow: It is never satisfied with its success.
Apple is reportedly planning to build a seventh NYC Apple Store in Forest Hills, Queens. While Queens residents are thrilled, Brooklyn is left wondering, "Where is the love for the artists?"

Apple Shares Set All-time High of $431, 2nd 2012 Record

Shares of Apple, the world’s most valuable technology company, set a new record high of $431.37 Thursday, as the company introduced a new educational iPad initiative and prepared to report first-quarter earnings next Tuesday.

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