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Acer CEO Wang to quit as iPads sweep aside netbooks
07 Nov 2013
The growing popularity of the iPad and other hand-held devices has eaten into Acer's netbook sales, leaving it with worse than expected third quarter losses
Microsoft enhances features of Office Web Apps
07 Nov 2013
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Google takes the lid off mystery barge
07 Nov 2013
The sighting of the barge had set off speculation that Google was planning a floating data centre
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Twitter raises IPO price range to $23 to $25
07 Nov 2013
As it prepares to debut on the market week, Twitter has raised the price range for its IPO to $23 to $25 per share
BHEL Q2 net profit plummets 64% to Rs465 crore
07 Nov 2013
Toyota profit up 70% despite sales slide
06 Nov 2013
Google lists Nexus 10 at Rs29,999 on Play Store
06 Nov 2013
iPhone 5s demand outstrips supply in India
06 Nov 2013
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Cooper Tire moves court to save $2.5 billion Apollo deal
06 Nov 2013
Analysts doubt whether the court will order closure of the acquisition at the original price
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Mis-selling of drugs to cost J&J $2.2 bn in US settlement
05 Nov 2013
The cases, which date from the late 1990s through the early 2000s, involve alleged kickbacks to doctors and pharmacies to promote the antipsychotic drugs Risperdal and Invega, and heart drug Natrecor
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BlackBerry shares fall 16% on withdrawal of sale plan
05 Nov 2013
Blackberry has confirmed it is abandoning plans for a sale as it struggles to gain momentum in a tough smartphone market
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Google pulls the plug on iGoogle
05 Nov 2013
Google has pulled the plug on its personalised homepage service iGoogle after eight years of its existence
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Bharti Airtel acquires Warid Group’s Congo operations
05 Nov 2013
Airtel is currently the second largest operator in Congo, while Warid is the third largest
Android phones under legal attack from Rockstar
05 Nov 2013
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