Business Stories from July 14, 2012 (Change date)
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Netflix on anniversary of price hikeJul 14, 2012 7:55 am - Thursday marked one year since Netflix announced an unpopular price increase in the U.S. It has bounced back this year to revive its subscriber growth, though its stock ...
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Judge: Sending live TV to iPhone not a copyright violationJul 15, 2012 11:55 am - NEW YORK — A startup company can continue to send live TV programming to iPhones and other mobile devices in the city despite objections from major broadcasters that say...
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Video game sales down for 7th straight monthJul 15, 2012 11:55 am - NEW YORK — A new report says U.S. retail sales of videogame hardware, software and accessories fell for a seventh consecutive month. Sales declined 29 percent in June to...
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NBC launches 2 apps to watch the OlympicsJul 15, 2012 11:55 am - NEW YORK — NBC launched two mobile apps that will let people watch Olympics events as they happen, look up athlete profiles and access other extra content on their iPads...
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San Francisco stops buying Apple computersJul 14, 2012 9:04 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Apple’s withdrawal from an environmental ratings registry has prompted at least one city — San Francisco — to stop buying its computers. The decision doe...
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Books and movies are over, but Potter magic lives onlineJul 16, 2012 7:21 am - NEW YORK — Shortly before the Harry Potter saga came to an end on movie screens a year ago, we were teased with more adventures about the young wizard through a website ...
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China’s economic slump not good for Asia or USJul 16, 2012 7:21 am - BEIJING — China’s economic slump is its deepest since the 2008 global crisis and could hurt Chinese demand for imported oil, iron ore and industrial components. That cou...
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Dropbox to expand storage space for same priceJul 14, 2012 9:05 pm - NEW YORK — Online storage company Dropbox is offering more space to its paying customers. Services like Dropbox let people store their ever-growing trove of photos, musi...
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Investors upset over next BlackBerry’s late launchJul 14, 2012 7:35 am - Research in Motion Ltd. faced disgruntled investors Tuesday, less than two weeks after announcing yet another delay to its upcoming BlackBerry 10 system, which the compa...
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How BlackBerries and PlayBooks stack up to iPhones and iPadsJul 15, 2012 11:55 am - On Tuesday, Research in Motion Ltd. held its annual shareholders meeting as its BlackBerry devices continue to lose market share to rivals, such as Apple’s iPhone. Here ...