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RIM retains two investment firms to help with a strategic review
Research in Motion Ltd., the struggling maker of BlackBerry smartphones, has hired two investment firms to help review options for its future, which could include the possibility of putting itself up for sale.
The Canadian company also said it was...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Companies and Corporations, Hewlett-Packard Co., Job Layoffs, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Typical CEO made $9.6 million last year, study finds
Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for chief executives.
The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.
That was up...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Discovery Communications, Inc., Pension and Welfare, Corporate Officers, TLC (tv network)
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Android rules smartphone market during first part of 2012
Six out of every 10 smartphones shipped in the first part of 2012 ran Android, two ran iOS and the other two were a tossup, according to a new report released Thursday. Android, Google's smartphone operating system, held a 59% market share during the...
Tags: Media Industry, Marketing, Nokia Corp., Apple iPhone
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IPad domination: Apple continues to lead in mobile PC shipments
Apple's dominance of the mobile PC and tablet market continued through the first quarter of 2012, according to a new forecast report. Apple towered over the tablet sector with the iPad while also keeping a strong hold at the top of mobile PC shipments,...
Tags: Media Industry, Marketing, Apple iPad, ASUSTek Computer Inc., Apple iPhone
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Kindle Fire taking over Android side of tablet market, report says
The Kindle Fire appears to be burning up its competition -- on the Android side, anyway. Amazon.com Inc.'s tablet computer is catching on in a big way, having grabbed 54.4% of the Android tablet market by the end of February, the fourth month that it was...
Tags: Sony Corp., Apple iPad, Lenovo Group, Ltd., Motorola Xoom, Marketing
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Kindle Fire has strong lead in Android-based tablet market
The Kindle Fire appears to be burning up its competition — on the Android side, anyway.
Amazon.com Inc.'s tablet computer is catching on in a big way in the U.S., accounting by end of February for 54.4% of tablets that run Google Inc.'s Android...Tags: Sony Corp., Apple iPad, Lenovo Group, Ltd., Motorola Xoom, Amazon.com Inc.
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Growth in U.S. auto sales slows in April
Strong gains in U.S. auto sales over the last six months eased in April as the Easter holiday, bad weather and fewer selling days ate into the business of some of the largest automakers, includingGeneral Motors Co. andFord Motor Co. But analysts and...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Passenger Cars, Services and Shopping, Honda Motor Co., Luxury Vehicles
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Toyota and Volkswagen make strong gains in U.S. market
Toyota Motor Corp.and Volkswagen are leading a charge of import brands in U.S. auto sales, eating into market-share gains made by the Detroit automakers over the last year. The domestic automakers sold 530,000 vehicles in April, accounting for 44.8% of...
Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Passenger Cars, Services and Shopping, Honda Motor Co., Hybrid Vehicles
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Toyota, Volkswagen grab market share from other automakers
Toyota and Volkswagen are leading a charge of import brands in U.S. auto sales, eating into market-share gains made by the Detroit automakers over the last year. The domestic automakers sold 530,000 vehicles in April, accounting for 44.8% of the market....
Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Passenger Cars, Services and Shopping, Hybrid Vehicles, Chrysler
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Tablets are expected to replace PCs as primary computing device
Personal computers at home and in the office will soon be displaced by the tablet as the primary computing device, according to a new report from Forrester Research.
Tablet sales are expected to grow sharply from 56 million in 2011 to 375 million in...Tags: Forrester Research Incorporated, Marketing, Apple Inc.
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AIG, Ally and GM CEO pay frozen at 2011 levels: Treasury
Compensation for chief executives at AIG, Ally Financial and GM -- all of which received exceptional TARP assistance during the financial meltdown -- is being frozen at last year's levels, the Treasury Department said. The ruling from Patricia Geoghegan,...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, CEO Pay, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Finance, Corporate Officers
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Money Minute: For iPad lovers, it's the Hunger Games [Video]
So who will win the tablet wars? Apple hopes its new and improved iPad will keep it out front, but fierce rivals are right at its heels. Kind of like "The Hunger Games." "The Hunger Games," for those not in the know, involves a survival-of-the-fittest...
Tags: Marketing, Apple iPad
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