Business Stories from May 19, 2012 (Change date)
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G-8:Recovery takes double-edged swordMay 19, 2012 8:38 pm - CAMP DAVID, Md. — Confronting an economic crisis that threatens them all, President Barack Obama and leaders of other world powers on Saturday declared that their g...
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SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-secondMay 19, 2012 6:25 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last...
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Google gets China OK for Motorola dealMay 19, 2012 1:00 pm - Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy Libertyville-based phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early ...
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Search wars: Google v. BingMay 19, 2012 12:00 pm - It was astonishingly easy to quit Googling. In Chrome, Google's Web browser, I clicked a couple buttons in the Settings tab, and voilà, my default search engine w...
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Why computers still aren’t good at translating languagesMay 19, 2012 8:43 am - Recently, on the eighth floor of an Arlington, Va., office building, Rachael held her finger down on a Dell Streak touch screen and asked Aziz whether he knew the villag...
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Two schools of thought: High-tech v. no-techMay 19, 2012 7:51 am - The sixth-graders are lighting up the room with their MacBook Airs, flipped open to Google, Wikipedia and YouTube for a physics assignment. Their classroom is decked out...
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Review: Facebook snapshot doesn’t capture dynamicsMay 19, 2012 7:15 am - NEW YORK — In my five years on Facebook, I’ve shared a lot of photos, links and other tidbits about my life. I’ve commented on what my friends share, and ...
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Study: Phone company customer satisfaction evens outMay 19, 2012 7:10 am - NEW YORK — Improvements in customer satisfaction at Sprint Nextel Corp. and AT&T Inc. have narrowed differences among the Big 4 wireless carriers to the point that ...
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Hulk-size Big Jambox rocks the neighborhoodMay 19, 2012 7:05 am - SAN FRANCISCO — You may already know about the Jambox, the colorful, blackboard-eraser-size, toss-it-in-your- bag-and-go wireless speaker for iPads, iPhones and oth...
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Yahoo soap opera features new cast of leadersMay 19, 2012 6:55 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo’s dysfunctional turnaround efforts have morphed into a Silicon Valley soap opera, one that has taken another strange twist with the Inter...