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RIM Defends Playbook Battery

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Research In Motion fired back after an analyst cited unnamed sources that said the battery life of its Playbook tablet was less than that of its competitors.
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Fairholme portfolio scores big on AIG stake

Bruce Berkowit, president of Fairholme Capital Management has a huge stake in bailed-out insurance company American International Group (NYSE: AIG) which has just about doubled in price year-to-date (from just under $30 per share to just under $60).
A truck stuck in a snow bank is shoveled out as blizzard-like conditions due to high winds continue in Hoboken

Northeast digs out of monster storm

The Blizzard of 2010 has left thousands of people stranded in airports, on roadways and in unplowed neighborhoods throughout the northeast.
Smith Electric Vehicles to buy it UK partner for $15 mln

Smith Electric Vehicles to buyout UK partner for $15 mln

Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. (SEV) and the Tanfield Group announced today that the American maker of all-electric trucks will purchase its United Kingdom-based parent company, Smith Electric Vehicles U.K. for $15 million in January.
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FCC's Net Neutrality Rules Draw Faint Praise, Fire

The Federal Communications Commission's decision to enforce net neutrality has already drawn fire from some in the telecommunications industry, and even supporters of the principle were not completely happy with the Commission's new rules.
TD Bank to acquire Chrysler Financial for $6.3 bln

TD Bank to acquire Chrysler Financial for $6.3 bln

Toronto-Dominion Bank has agreed to buy Chrysler Financial from private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. (Cerberus) for $6.3 billion in cash, part of a major expansion of Canadian banking behemoths into the United States.
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Nike posts higher Q2 earnings

NIKE Inc. (NYSE: NKE) reported net income of $457-million, or diluted earnings of $0.94 per share, on revenues of $4.8-billion for the fiscal second quarter of 2011.

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