7 Jan 2009 at 12:51pm Early January is historically the biggest time of the year in consumer technology. Over the years as Microsoft (MSFT) and Apple (AAPL) came to dominate the industry, Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wowed crowds with peeks at ...
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7 Jan 2009 at 11:25am Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Netflix Inc. were accused of conspiring to create a monopoly for online video rentals in a consumer lawsuit alleging that the collusion drove up prices. The two companies agreed in 2005 that Wal-Mart, the world's largest ...
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7 Jan 2009 at 9:38am NEW YORK, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc ( WMT.N ) and Netflix Inc ( NFLX.O ) have been named in a consumer lawsuit accusing the two companies of trying to build a monopoly for online DVD rentals. In a complaint filed on Jan 2 in the U.S ...
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7 Jan 2009 at 3:12am The Institute for Sup ply Management's index of non-manufac turing businesses was 40.6 for December, a higher-than-forecast reading that was still the second-worst on re cord. The National As sociation of Realtors index of pending home sales fell 4 ...
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7 Jan 2009 at 1:46am -In April 2009, Songs on iTunes Will be Available at Three Price Points SAN FRANCISCO-January 6, 2009-Apple® today announced several changes to the iTunes® Store ( www.itunes.com ). Beginning today, all four major music labels-Universal Music Group ...
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6 Jan 2009 at 4:20pm It's that time of year again - the bi-annual MacWorld orgy in San Francisco. It's four days of Mac heaven for fan boys, gadget obsessives and will vie with last week's CES to set the consumer technology trends for 2008. The highlight is the keynote ...
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5 Jan 2009 at 2:45am One way to look at the future of residential real estate is in terms of the classic supply and demand dynamic, except that those two factors are unlike anything industry veterans have ever seen. On the supply side, developers in both San Francisco ...
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