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  • New iPad App for Bloomberg Businessweek Launches Today in Apple App Store

    Posted on April 11, 2011 | No Comments
    var AdBrite_Title_Color = '0000FF'; var AdBrite_Text_Color = '000000'; var AdBrite_Background_Color = 'FFFFFF'; var AdBrite_Border_Color = 'CCCCCC'; var AdBrite_URL_Color = '008000'; try{var AdBrite_Iframe=window.top!=window.self?2:1;var AdBrite_Referrer=document.referrer==''?document.location:document.referrer;AdBrite_Referrer=encodeURIComponent(AdBrite_Referrer);}catch(e){var AdBrite_Iframe='';var AdBrite_Referrer='';} document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,83,67,82,73,80,84));document.write(' src="http://ads.adbrite.com/mb/text_group.php?sid=2053203&zs=3436385f3630&ifr='+AdBrite_Iframe+'&ref='+AdBrite_Referrer+'" type="text/javascript">');document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,47,83,67,82,73,80,84,62)); NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bloomberg Businessweek today announced the launch of a new iPad app called Bloomberg ...

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  • Report: Sharp and Philips agree on LCD TV deal

    Report: Sharp and Philips agree on LCD TV deal

    Posted on December 17, 2009 | No Comments
    The consolidation process in the TV business continues and now even becomes international. Just last month, Sharp inked a "historical" joint venture deal with former rival Sony, agreeing to supply LED backlights to Sony for their LCD TVs (which happened this month).

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  • Report: Sony and Sharp shake hands in another LCD TV deal

    Report: Sony and Sharp shake hands in another LCD TV deal

    Posted on November 17, 2009 | No Comments
    Globally speaking, there is one clear leader in the LCD TV business: Samsung. The company commands a 23.2% share in this segment, with Sony (13.7%) and Sharp (7%) almost hopelessly behind (according to DisplaySearch). So in June this year already, Sony and Sharp inked a joint venture deal to produce LCD TVs together. And today, the Nikkei (Japan's biggest business publication), reports that the two former arch rivals decided to further expand their alliance.

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  • Report: Panasonic to use notebook batteries to power electric cars

    Report: Panasonic to use notebook batteries to power electric cars

    Posted on October 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Japan's biggest business publication, the Nikkei, is reporting that Panasonic is thinking about using lithium ion batterries used in notebooks to power electric cars. Obviously, the big idea is to bring down the overall costs of these vehicles (and make some money for the company, too).

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  • 10 times bigger: Toshiba and Hitachi shake hands to bring us next-gen HDDs

    10 times bigger: Toshiba and Hitachi shake hands to bring us next-gen HDDs

    Posted on August 25, 2009 | No Comments
    Neither one of the companies involved have confirmed this officially so far, but the Nikkei, Japan's biggest business publication is usually very reliable: According to that source, Hitachi and Toshiba are joining forces to take the leadership in the field of next-generation HDDs that have 10 times the memory capacity of models today.

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