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Abound Solar names new CEO

U.S. solar startup Abound Solar said its chief executive will step down from that post for family reasons and become chairman.

Barnes & Noble Pulling DC Comics Novels over Spat

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Barnes & Noble apparently doesn't like competitor Amazon getting an advantage, and DC Comics graphic novels are getting pulled from store shelves as a result. Barnes & Noble, America's largest bookstore chain, said late Friday it will not stock physical copies in its stores of 100 of DC Comics' graphic novels the company will make exclusively available as ebook on Amazon Kindle, including the company's new Kindle Tablet to be launched Nov. 15.
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Newly sworn Gov. Jerry Brown of California. Consumer advocates are urging Brown to push for tighter health insurer regulation.

California law fights regulation with regulation

In an odd twist, California business groups applauded Governor Jerry Brown for signing legislation on Thursday to create a new layer of government regulation they say will lessen the burdens imposed by future regulations.
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US Energy Loans Official Leaves in Wake of Solyndra

The Obama administration said on Thursday its top energy loans official was stepping down, following a widening probe into the embarrassing collapse of a solar panel company that got $535 million in federal support.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs Dead at 56, Legacy Lives On

Steve Jobs died on Wednesday.He was 56. His death leaves Apple without its charismatic co-founder but his legacy lives on its products and technologies.
A huge Euro logo is pictured past the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, September 29, 2011.

Services data stir euro recession worry

The euro zone's services sector shrank for the first time in two years in September as new orders dried up, stoking fears that the region's economy could be heading back into recession.
Zimbabwe"s Finance Minister Tendai Biti

Zimbabwe GDP seen slowing in 2012: finance minister

Zimbabwe's economy will grow at a slower pace in 2012 than this year as politics puts a drag on full recovery and inflation should stay in single figures, partly due to prudent fiscal policy, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Wednesday.
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Will World's Cheapest Computer Launched in India Resonate?

The world's cheapest computer -- the $35 tablet -- has finally been launched in India, designed to bring the nation's poor into the computer and Internet age. The computer, a tablet known commercially as the Ubislate, is being hailed by government officials in India as a valuable educational tool and a major accomplishment for the country's fast-growing tech industry.
iPhone 4S Release: Straight from the "Let's talk iPhone" event [PHOTOS]

Don't Give Up on the Apple iPhone 5 Release Date Yet -- Here's Why

Don't give up on the Apple iPhone 5 release date yet -- not even close. Most everything happened according to plan and qualified reports at Apple's Let's talk iPhone event on Tuesday. The company unveiled its hot new Assistant voice interaction smart system. The company unveiled what was widely expected in the new iPhone 4S. It has tiered lower pricing, more memory and much more.
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Stock Futures Rise Alongside Europe

U.S. stock index futures were higher but more volatility was likely on Wednesday as European finance ministers appeared ready to prop up struggling banks, with data due on the U.S. labor market and services sector.
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Instant view: Apple's latest iPhone fails to excite

New Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook presided over the company's first major media launch since taking over from Steve Jobs in August, but the latest version of the iPhone he unveiled did not excite investors, sending its shares down as much as 5 percent.
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The Top 9 Features the iPhone 5 Won't Have ... But You Want

Apple is slated to announce its next flagship smartphone -- the iPhone 5 -- on Tuesday, capping months of speculation and anticipation with a roll-out that's expected to define the industry. But no one smartphone can deliver everything.
Amazon Kindle Fire

Kindle Fire's Latest Teardown Puts Amazon on 'Profit-Receiving' End

Amazon Inc's Kindle Fire, within just a week of its announcement, has analysts passionately speculating on the possibility of the 7-inch tablet making either a profit or a loss. One among the many such speculations and rumors is a recent virtual teardown of the Kindle Fire by UBM TechInsights, which suggests that the tablet's manufacturing cost stands at $150.

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