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• Sinking Yahoo: Shares drop to nearly 5-year low
  Michael Liedtke
  Sep 07 2008
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  • Business & Finance

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo Inc.'s stock sunk to its lowest level in nearly five years Thursday, magnifying the challenge facing the Internet company as its management tries to justify their rebuff of...

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• Ciena stock plunges on lackluster outlook
  The Associated Press
  Sep 07 2008
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  • Business & Finance

  LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) - Ciena Corp.'s market value crumbled by nearly 25 percent Thursday after the telecommunications and network equipment maker forecast a lackluster finish to its fiscal year.The...

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• Old Web idea of micropayments finally finds a home
  Barbara Ortutay
  Sep 07 2008
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  • Business & Finance

  Seventeen-year-old Alexis Corocan spends about $5 a month on clothes, accessories and eyes of various shapes and shades for her online persona on IMVU, a popular Internet hangout. For 29 cents, for...

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• Comcast appeals FCC Web traffic-blocking decision
  By John Dunbar, Associated Press Writer
  Sep 07 2008
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  • Business & Finance

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Comcast Corp. is appealing an FCC ruling that the company is improperly blocking customers' Web traffic, triggering a legal battle that could determine the extent of the...

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• Sony recalls laptops for possible overheating
  The Associated Press
  Sep 07 2008
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  TOKYO (AP) - Sony Corp. is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide because of a wiring flaw that could cause overheating.Sony said Thursday the recall involves 19 models in the Vaio TZ...

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• DEMOfall 08: WebDiet uses mobile phone to help count calories
  Dean Takahashi
  Sep 07 2008
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  • Business & Finance

  Sometimes information is worthless if you don’t have it at the right time and place. When you’re on a diet and looking for a restaurant, it would be great to know what meals you can get nearby...

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• High-resolution satellite launched in California
  The Associated Press
  Sep 06 2008
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  • Business & Finance

  VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - A super-sharp Earth-imaging satellite that can detail an area the size of a baseball diamond's home plate from space has been launched into orbit from...

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• Price rises push US soy beyond reach of poor
  Michael Casey
  Sep 06 2008
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  • Business & Finance

  SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) - With the dollar a day he earns scrounging for scrap metal and paper, Jumadi can't buy his family beef or even chicken. But until now, the rail-thin scavenger could at least...

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• Review: Google Chrome lacks polish under the hood
  Peter Svensson
  Sep 06 2008
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  • Business & Finance

  NEW YORK (AP) - Google Inc.'s new Web browser, called Chrome, does much of what a browser needs to do these days: It presents a sleek appearance, groups pages into easy-to-manage "tabs" and offers...

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• Q&A with Will Wright on the launch of Spore
  Dean Takahashi
  Sep 06 2008
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  • Business & Finance

  Will Wright is the rock star of the video game industry. His games are almost always hits and have generated billions of dollars in sales for Electronic Arts, his employer. SimCity, the early game...

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