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ISS backs call for Apple CEO succession plan

Influential investor advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services has thrown its weight behind a shareholder proposal to require Apple Inc to disclose a succession plan for Chief Executive Steve Jobs.
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Verizon iPhone 4 available for pre-orders from Feb. 3

Apple Inc. said its CDMA iPhone 4 will be available for pre-orders from Thursday at Apple stores and Verizon Wireless. Apple said orders will be fulfilled on a first come, first served basis due to strong demand.
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Study: App Users Click Ads By Mistake

A Harris Interactive survey found that nearly half of mobile app users said they were more likely to accidentally click an ad than do so intentionally.

iPad Lifts Apple To World's Third Largest PC Maker

Apple became the third largest PC vendor in the fourth quarter of 2010, helped by strong sales of iPad and Mac as well as fast growth in the Asia Pacific region, according to the latest report from Canalys.
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Google shares rise as investors look past shuffle

Investors brushed aside concerns that a surprise shake-up at Google Inc putting co-founder Larry Page back in the top job would prove a distraction at a critical time and focused instead on the company's stellar results.
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Will Eric Schmidt Become Apple CEO?

As the market will be concerned in the near-term with the management shuffle, an analyst at Jefferies hinted at a possibility that Eric Schmidt could become the Chief Executive of Apple.

Apple adds properitary screw to iPhone to curb DIY repairs

Apple's walled garden approach is not merely limited to its Ios or Apps Store but even extends to its hardware as it just fenced its iPhone, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with new screw design, called Pentalobular, which cannot be opened using a standard screwdriver.
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Green group accuses Apple of lax supplier oversight

iPhone maker Apple was criticized by Chinese green groups for lax corporate oversight of its suppliers in China, leading to poor environmental and work safety standards that poisoned dozens of factory workers.

Apple criticized for lax green standards in China

Chinese green groups on Thursday accused iPhone maker Apple of failing to properly oversee its Chinese suppliers, leading to poor environmental and safety standards, and dozens of poisoned factory workers.

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