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Get Ready for the Surge of Cheap Tablets
Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), and Google (GOOG) have a secret: Cutting-edge tablet parts may be pricey, but pretty good ones are getting cheap. You wouldn’t know it from those companies’ latest...
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How Nokia Flexes Microsoft’s Muscle to Lure Reluctant App Developers
Photograph by Simon Dawson/Bloomberg When Instagram announced last week that its app would be available for Windows Phones, it plugged the most gaping hole in Microsoft’s mobile platform. Considering...
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Seoul’s Tech Startups Look Overseas
South Korea’s dominant chaebols—giant family-run conglomerates that include Samsung (005930:KS), LG(066570:KS), and Hyundai (005380:KS)—generate more than 80 percent of the country’s exports and hire...
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The One Thing People Still Really Like About BlackBerry
The name BlackBerry is becoming even more synonymous with disaster. On Monday the company called off its search for a new owner as its largest stockholder, Fairfax Financial Holdings (FFH:CN) in...
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Want to Buy Twitter Shares? Check Out These Charts First
The Twitter initial public offering is fast approaching, with shares expected to start trading on Thursday. According to the latest figures, the company is offering 70 million shares priced between...
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The Hidden Technology That Makes Twitter Huge
Twitter started with a simple form and through tens of billions of repetitions became a network unto itself Consider the tweet. It’s short—140 characters and done—but hardly simple. If you open one up...
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Sizing Up Twitter’s Killer Trading Debut
Twitter (TWTR) has finally taken flight as a publicly traded company. The microblogging site’s trading debut was a pretty spectacular one, with a first-day trading pop of about 73 percent. The...
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An iPhone Tester Caught in Apple’s Supply Chain
Beneath the spotlight in a San Francisco performing arts theater, Apple (AAPL)marketing chief Phil Schiller was about to stage-manage one of the most anticipated product unveilings of the year. It was...
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Rebuilding Lego for Today’s Kids
Lego fans no longer need to fret about the cat or dog knocking over their constructions. They can ward off bothersome pets or nosy siblings with a plastic-brick creation such as the R3ptar. The robotic...
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Forget Cyber Monday. China’s Singles Day Is Arbitrary Consumerism Done Right
For once, China’s demand for cashmere sweaters and other consumer goods has upstaged its need for coal and backhoes. Chinese shoppers are expected to spend roughly $5 billion online by the end of...
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Greek Yogurt Deodorant and Other Hypothetical Products
After the rapid rise of Greek yogurt into a $2 billion business in the U.S., the industry is starting to feel the strain of slower growth. Sales of the thick, slightly-sour yogurt “are starting to...
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Meet the Mega-Airline: Regulators Roll Over for American-US Airways Merger
The U.S. government has ended its effort to block the merger of American and US Airways (LCC), clearing the way for a deal that will create the world’s largest carrier. The airlines expect a federal...
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Why Lincoln Is Quietly Keeping Its Town Car Alive
Ford Motor (F) unveiled another new Lincoln yesterday, the latest step in its campaign to close the sales gap with such luxury thoroughbreds as BMW(BMW:GY) and Mercedes (DAI:GY). This one is a small...
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Some Insurers Didn’t Give Customers Enough Warning Before Ending Plans
Here’s a story you may have missed in the blitz of news on health plans being canceled because of the Affordable Care Act: Some insurers didn’t give their customers the 90-day notice required by law...
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2014: A User’s Guide to the Global Economy
On Jan. 1, 2014, Latvia will adopt the euro, and its lats currency will be no more. Farewell to the fulsomely bearded Krišjānis Barons, the collector of folk songs who graces the 100-latu note....
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Why Obama Can’t Just Uncancel All Those Insurance Plans
President Obama’s plan to reverse himself and let millions of people keep their health policies—the ones that insurance companies cancelled because don’t meet the Affordable Care Act’s standards—is...
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Currency Cops Want Congress to Steer Clear of Bitcoin, Thanks
As he kicked off a congressional hearing on virtual currencies, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) made an admission that should surprise no one: Bitcoin “confused the heck” out of him. His task, he said,...
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Warren Buffett Cashes In on Railroad Tank Cars
Boomtowns on the prairie, young men heading west to find work as roustabouts—there’s an undeniable throwback quality to the American shale oil industry. The 21st century economy was supposed to be...
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Chinese Scholar Calculates That China’s Rise Is 65.3% Complete
Any aspect of international relations can seemingly be quantified and ranked—from “corruption,” to “gross national happiness,” to “national rejuvenation.” Of course, it’s easy and pertinent to pick...
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Black Friday Bear: Are Holiday Retail Forecasts Way Too High?
Barring injuries suffered in doorbuster stampedes, the holiday shopping blitz that started this week is shaping up to be a good one for retailers—at least, according to forecasters. Pick almost any...
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