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Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old
When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. It sounded preposterou...
Aruba Networks declines after analyst downgrade
Aruba Networks Inc. shares fell Friday after an analyst downgraded the stock to "Equal Weight," saying that despite strong sales, ongoing capital investments are limiting the company's ability to increase its earnings. Shares of the company, which make...
Report: Samsung working to acquire SanDisk
Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing an acquisition of U.S. computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday. Both Samsung and SanDisk neither confirmed nor denied the report. But SanDisk's shares climbe...
Nokia warns 3Q market share will fall; shares dive
Shares in Nokia Corp. tumbled Friday after the leading cell phone maker said its third-quarter global market share will decline from second-quarter levels because of aggressive price cuts by its rivals. In July the company, the world's top mobile phone...
Tech firms fare better than most in jobs slump
Technology appears to be one of the least hard-hit sectors in an economy beset by unemployment at a five-year high. The Labor Department reported Friday that companies slashed their payrolls by 84,000 jobs last month, sending the country's unemployment...
Microsoft deploying in-store customer-service reps
NEW YORK _ As part of its new $300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft Corp. plans to deploy its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to help people with their PC purchases. The world's l...
Summary box: Google still feeling lucky at 10
HUMBLE START: Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporated Google on Sept. 7, 1998, after unsuccessfully trying to sell their search engine for a couple of million dollars. They set up shop in their Stanford dorm rooms with just four computers before moving...
National Semi earnings down on tax rate
National Semiconductor Corp., which makes chips that regulate power and perform other functions in gadgets, reported Friday its first-quarter profit fell 7 percent from a year ago due to a higher tax rate. The company earned $79.6 million on sales of $...
Russia's MTS to sell Apple iPhone
Russia's number one cell operator MTS said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone in Russia. MTS, which becomes the last of the country's "big three" providers to announce a distribution agreement for the handsets, did not provi...
Sinking Yahoo: Shares drop to nearly 5-year low
Yahoo Inc.'s stock sank to its lowest level in nearly five years Thursday, magnifying the challenge facing the Internet company as its management tries to justify their rebuff of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid. Shares plunged $1.01, or 5....
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When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they never expected the impact it would have.
The big three of men's tennis - Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have reached US Open semi-finals.
After Olympics, Beijing now gets ready for paralympics, which would begin on September 6.
Serena Williams outlasted elder sister Venus in a tough quarter-final battle in the US Open.
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