All Stories from July 16, 2011 (Change date)
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Review: Google all the time on ChromebookJul 16, 2011 6:11 am - ATLANTA — New laptops running Google’s Chrome operating system offer a new approach in portable computing: Games, productivity tools and anything else you might need are...
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Will Plus make Google king of the online world?Jul 16, 2011 6:11 am - NEW YORK — Google didn’t build its new Plus service simply to have an online hangout like Facebook. Rather, Google’s new social-networking endeavor is about trying to ga...
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Debt crisis threatens ItalyJul 16, 2011 6:11 am - LONDON — Europe’s escalating debt crisis is on the verge of engulfing by far its biggest victim: Italy, the world’s seventh-largest economy, whose sheer size could thwar...
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Corn imports by China more than doubleJul 16, 2011 6:11 am - SINGAPORE — China, the world’s second-largest corn user, may more than double purchases to a record as it seeks to boost stockpiles and cool the fastest inflation in thr...
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Coffee protects against drug-resistant germs, study findsJul 16, 2011 6:11 am - Drinking tea and coffee may be linked to reducing antibiotic resistant bacteria carried by healthy people in their noses, a potential benefit of the beverages that baffl...
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Apple files complaint against SamsungJul 16, 2011 6:11 am - Apple Inc has filed a U.S. trade complaint to block Samsung Electronics Co from importing a variety of electronic devices, less than one week after Samsung sought to sto...
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Kate brings feminine, tried-and-true looks to U.S.Jul 16, 2011 6:11 am - Even in a town where celebrity-studded awards shows are commonplace, it was the most anticipated event of the season. It wasn’t Prince William’s match at the charity pol...
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Video game retail sales drop 10 percentJul 16, 2011 6:11 am - NEW YORK — A market research firm says U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories dropped 10 in June to $995 million compared with the same month...
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French banks on front line of Italian riskJul 16, 2011 6:11 am - PARIS — French banks, including BNP Paribas and Credit Agricole, have the most at risk from the euro-region’s debt crisis infecting Europe’s largest borrower, Italy. At ...
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Obama caught in the middle of phone company mergersJul 16, 2011 6:11 am - AT&T’s $39 billion bid for T-Mobile is a deal that consumer advocates hate but labor unions love. And that puts the Obama administration squarely between two powerful co...