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Best Buy sells off final remnants of failed UK business

By Matt Brian on April 30, 2013 03:54 am + 18 comments

It's been over a year since Best Buy shut down its retail stores in the UK, but the company today Continue reading…
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Silicon Valley job growth returns to the dot-com days

By Amar Toor on February 7, 2013 04:07 am + 25 comments

Most of the country may be crawling its way out of the recession, but in Silicon Valley, the job Continue reading…
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Random House and Penguin to combine, strengthen position against Apple and Amazon

By Jeff Blagdon on October 29, 2012 05:29 am + 13 comments

Two of the world’s four top English language publishers, Random House and Penguin, are about to be Continue reading…
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Sony buys $644m share of Olympus in pursuit of 4K endoscopes and better camera technology

By Louis Goddard on September 28, 2012 06:03 am + 13 comments

Sony has announced plans to invest ¥50 billion ($644 million) in struggling camera maker Olympus as Continue reading…
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European regulators clear mobile payment initiative from Everything Everywhere, O2, and Vodafone UK

By Amar Toor on September 6, 2012 04:36 am + 28 comments

Everything Everywhere, Vodafone UK, and O2 parent company Telefonica UK announced today that their Continue reading…
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Sony and Panasonic agree to co-develop large OLED panels for TVs by 2013

By Thomas Ricker on June 25, 2012 03:05 am + 25 comments

The rumored partnership between Sony and Panasonic to build OLED TVs is now a signed deal. The two Continue reading…
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Sony and Sharp officially terminate LCD partnership

By Chris Welch on May 24, 2012 11:09 am + 2 comments

Sony and Sharp have announced the end of their LCD joint venture, a partnership that was originally Continue reading…
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Sony and Panasonic reportedly working together on OLED TV partnership

By Dieter Bohn on May 14, 2012 11:14 pm + 5 comments

The TV panel business has long been a tangled web of short-lived joint ventures and temporary Continue reading…
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SoftBank and PayPal form PayPal Japan, bringing smartphone-based credit card payments to the country

By Jeff Blagdon on May 9, 2012 01:12 am + 4 comments

At a press conference in Tokyo, SoftBank’s CEO Masayoshi Son announced that the company is forming Continue reading…
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Symantec to sell stake in joint venture, reportedly due to Huawei's bad security reputation

By Dieter Bohn on March 27, 2012 03:02 am + 11 comments

Four years ago, Symantec and Huawei formed a joint venture in Hong Kong called, appropriately Continue reading…