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Wall Street flat after Apple starts dividend

Stocks were little changed on Monday, as equities stayed within reach of nearly 4-year highs and after cash-rich Apple said it will begin paying a dividend and buying back stock.
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Foxconn not to take legal action after retraction

Foxconn Technology Group, the top maker of Apple Inc's iPhones and iPads, said on Monday it had no plans to take legal action over a U.S. radio program about its activity in China, parts of which have been retracted.
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Russell Brand Gives Up 4 Million Pounds To Kate Perry

Russell Brand Mugshot Released: 10 Celebrity Mugshots [PHOTOS]

Forgetting Sarah Marshall's Russell Brand had a warrant out for his arrest in New Orleans on Wednesday after he allegedly threw a photographer's iPhone through a law firm's window on Monday. Brand was released on a $5,000 bond after turning himself in on Thursday. The actor was booked on misdemeanor charges of two counts of simple criminal damage to property.
Apple’s chief design guru Sir Jonathan Ive

Apple Chief Design Guru Sir Jonathan Ive Slams Rivals for Having Wrong Goals

Apple’s chief design guru Sir Jonathan Ive - rarely goes for an interview. But this time, Thisislondon’s editor Mark Prigg was lucky as he got successful in interviewing the knighted British designer. In the interview, Ive criticized rivals for having “wrong goals,” besides sharing what makes Apple products so “Apple.”
Apple (AAPL) stock currently exceeds Exxon market cap by $100 billion

Apple Stock Closes At $552, Exceeds Exxon Market Cap By $100B

Apple (AAPL) stock continues to pound the competition, closing at $552.00 on Monday, an all-time record for the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer company. Monday's high now puts Apple's market cap over $514 billion, which now exceeds Exxon's market cap -- currently standing at $403 billion -- by more than $100 billion.
Apple Siri Lawsuit

Siri to Speak Italian in 2012, Says Apple CEO Tim Cook

Apple doesn't openly tell the media what the company is building, but in an e-mail exchange with a fan, CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple will soon offer Italian language support for Siri, the company's AI personal assistant exclusive to the iPhone 4S.
Post-PC Company

Technology Focus: PCs? Not Dead Yet By Any Means

Mark Twain would have been amused by the remarks of new Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook last week when he announced the post-PC era. As Twain observed after reading his obituary, The report of my death was an exaggeration.
Iron and Steel Industry in China

China Economic Slowdown: Could It Bring Jobs Back To The US?

The global markets tumbled this week, due in part to concerns about China's slowed economic growth. There are several reasons, however, why China's economic slowdown could actually benefit the U.S., despite the market's immediate reaction. One reason is the possible return of jobs to the United States' manufacturing sector.
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Unreal Engine 3 Runs on Adobe Flash Player [VIDEO]

The Unreal Engine, a fabled gaming engine originally developed in 1998 for the first-person shooter game Unreal, is known for its high degree of portability and has become frequently used by independent game developers as the backbone on which they power their games. Adobe Flash, a multimedia platform for web pages, is known for the exact opposite: Flash games, to this point, have been primarily 2D and, as Steve Jobs pointed out, are typically unstable.
It's been a day since Apple CEO Tim cook announced the new iPad, simply called, "the new iPad." While some believe Steve Jobs would've never approved such an unexciting, boring name, the truth of the matter is that Jobs would have LOVE

'The New iPad' by Apple: Why Steve Jobs Would Love The Name

It's been a day since Apple CEO Tim cook announced the new iPad, simply called, the new iPad. While some believe Steve Jobs would've never approved such an unexciting, boring name, the truth of the matter is that Jobs would have LOVED the name.

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