Summary Box: Court OKs cable TV access rules (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - THE DISPUTE: Cable TV providers challenged a five-year extension of federal regulations requiring them to make channels they own available to rivals such as satellite TV. ...
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Fri Mar 2010
Xbox 360 Outsold Wii in February, Says NPD (PC World)
Categorie : World Business NewsPC World - Microsoft's Xbox 360 outsold Nintendo's Wii in February to claim the top spot in the U.S. monthly sales ranking for the first time in more than two years, analyst group NPD said Thursday. Overall the industry had a poor month with total sales down 15 percent from February last year. ...
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Electric Bat Interactive previews free browser-based games (Macworld.com)
Categorie : World Business NewsMacworld.com - Typically, players in a game battle for fantastical lands, important landmarks, or some other pre-determined acre of game territory. But what if the land you played for wasnât a mere kingdom or country, but the entire Internet? ...
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QAD shares slide after 4th-quarter revenue drops (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - Shares of QAD Inc. sank Friday after the business software provider reported a drop in fourth-quarter revenue and predicted another drop for the first quarter. ...
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RadiSys acquires Pactolus; terms not disclosed (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - RadiSys Corp., a maker of servers that support wireless phone networks, said Thursday it acquired privately held Pactolus Communications Software Co. Terms were not disclosed. ...
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Troyak Takedown, Security Blues, ICANN Meets (PC World)
Categorie : World Business NewsPC World - The Troyak ISP, which has been linked to the Zeus botnet, was briefly taken down this week. The takedown occurred on the heels of the RSA Conference last week, where there was much talk about the "cat-and-mouse" game of trying to squelch cybercrime. Otherwise, things got a little testy at ...
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Accessorize Your iPad for Business (PC World)
Categorie : World Business NewsPC World - Apple began accepting pre-orders this morning for the much-anticipated iPad. While the iPad is designed primarily as an entertainment and media platform for consumers, there are also some valid business uses for the slick tablet. ...
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Markets slip as China inflation raises concerns
Categorie : World Business NewsNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks edged lower on Thursday as China inflation data raised worries about reduced demand from one of the world's largest economies, but gains in big-cap technology shares limited losses. ...
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Jobless claims fall, trade gap narrows on oil
Categorie : World Business NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell only slightly last week, indicating that rapid job growth would probably continue to elude the economy for a while. ...
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Financial reform deal fails, hopes for 2010 dim
Categorie : World Business NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation this year dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed. ...
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Exxon Mobil boosts 2010 capital spending 4 percent
Categorie : World Business NewsNEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp will increase its capital spending nearly 4 percent this year to $28 billion in part as the largest U.S. oil company seeks to increase its share of the global market for natural gas. ...
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CFTC head scolds Wall Street for resisting reforms
Categorie : World Business NewsBOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - The head of the top U.S. futures regulator chided Wall Street on Thursday for resisting calls to make over-the-counter derivatives markets more transparent, arguing major reforms are required after the recent financial crisis. ...
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