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Apple's stock slumps on reports of weak iPhone sales
Reports suggesting sluggish demand for the latest iPhone spooked Apple investors and sent the company's stock sliding Monday. When the markets opened Monday morning, the Apple's stock dropped $16.23, or 3.1%, to $504.07. The latest news to shake the...
Tags: Apple iPhone, South Korea, New Products
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Sharp confesses 'material doubt' about its survival chances
Sharp Corp., once a titan among Japanese electronics manufacturers, now isn’t sure it’ll be able to crawl out of a financial pit made deeper by ruthless competition and relentless losses. Reporting yet another round of dismal earnings, the...
Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Investments, Foreign Exchange Market, Sony Corp.
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Tech firms to pay $553 million in settlement over alleged LCD price fixing
TechnologyTech firms to pay $553 million to settle multi-state suit alleging illegal price inflation on LCD screens and monitors.... -
Fear of Apple iTV has manufacturers "scrambling," analyst says
TechnologyTV makers, tune in. The industry your boxes have dominated for decades may be about to get shaken, stirred, and twisted around by Apple Inc., the market disruptor extraordinaire. Apple is already building production facilities for an "iTV," according to..... -
Sharp LCD TVs might finally show 'true black' and get a boost in contrast
L.A. Times Tech BlogSharp LCD TVs could get an image-boosting improvement in contrast. Photo: Bloomberg. Ever since LCD flat-panel televisions became popular, videophiles have complained they lack one major thing -- true black. The technology can't, like old-fashioned tube... -
Florida part of a $538 million LCD panel price-fixing settlement
Sun SentinelFlorida and seven other states have reached a $538.5 million settlement with several manufacturers and sellers of liquid crystal displays after alleging that the companies tried to fix prices of LCD panels used in flat-panel televisions, computers and...Tags: Science and Technology, Justice System, Economy, Business and Finance, Pam Bondi, Lawyers
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States get another $544M in LCD price-fixing settlement for $1.1B total
Sun SentinelFlorida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday that she and several other state attorney generals had reached an additional $543.5 million agreement after filing a price-fixing lawsuit against several manufacturers of LCD panels with the total...Tags: Pam Bondi, Crime, Law and Justice, Companies and Corporations, Consumers, Economy, Business and Finance
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April 13 deadline to opt out or object to $538 million LCD settlement
Sun SentinelConsumers have until April 13 to opt out or object to the proposed $538.5 million price-fixing settlements with seven manufacturers and sellers of liquid crystal displays, the Florida Attorney General's Office announced Thursday. Those who don't wish...Tags: Litigation, Defendants, Crime, Law and Justice, Companies and Corporations, Consumers
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Microsoft Hopes To Woo Social Network-loving Consumers With New 'kin' Mobile Phones
AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft Corp. unveiled two cell phones Monday that are meant for social networking-savvy teens and twenty-somethings, in an attempt to revitalize its mobile business and regain ground on iPhones and BlackBerrys. Microsoft...Tags: Wireless Technology, Sociology, Consumers, Software Industry, Verizon Communications
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Microsoft Halts Kin Phone Rollout
Web ReporterFor Microsoft, there will be no next of Kin. The company said Wednesday it will halt the planned rollout of Kin One and Kin Two phones beyond the U.S., less than two months after Verizon Wireless started selling them. Microsoft Corp. unveiled the two...Tags: Television, Entertainment, The CW (tv network), Gossip Girl (tv program), New Products
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Business snapshot
Things are looking up for business in the Lehigh Valley, and if you need any proof, just check out the May 24, 2004 issue of Forbes magazine. The self-proclaimed ''capitalist tool'' now ranks our area as No. 50 on its annual list of the best 150 U.S....Tags: Health and Safety at School, Employees, Long Island, Companies and Corporations, Consumers
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