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* Apple Computer Inc. named Tim Cook operating chief, cementing his position as the No. 2 executive at the company and as a potential successor to Chief Executive Steve Jobs.

* U.S. retail sales of video games for consoles and portable game players in September fell a larger-than-expected 24% from a year earlier to $347 million ahead of the all-important holiday season, analysts said.

* A California court affirmed a jury verdict ordering Toshiba Corp. and a subsidiary to pay Lexar Media Inc. $465.4 million for sharing trade secrets with another rival maker of flash memory chips.

* EBay Inc. completed its $2.6-billion acquisition of Skype Technologies Inc.

* Northrop Grumman Corp. said it would cut 400 manufacturing jobs at a Maryland plant that makes military radar and electronics systems.