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September 4, 2010

Toyota Prius May Lead Japan Car Sale Collapse as Subsidies End

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TOKYO -- The Prius hybrid has spearheaded sales growth for Toyota Motor in Japan for more than a year, helped by government subsidies.

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Filed under Business news by By Makiko Kitamura and Yuki Hagiwara Bloomberg News on Sep 4th, 2010. Comment. #

September 3, 2010

Making a greener champagne bottle

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Change aims to cut carbon footprint

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Filed under Business news by By Liz Alderman New York Times on Sep 3rd, 2010. Comment. #

August 27, 2010

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sues Apple, Google and others for patent infringement

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Time was that Silicon Valley companies accused Microsoft of corporate treachery. Now Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has turned the tables, filing a marquee-quality lawsuit Friday that accuses Google, Apple, Yahoo, eBay, Facebook, YouTube and Netflix of patent infringement.

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Filed under Business news by By Scott Duke Harrissdharris@mercurynews.com on Aug 27th, 2010. Comment. #

August 24, 2010

Bing powers Yahoo searches

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As of Tuesday, the results of all searches made from Yahoo sites came from Microsoft's Bing search engine, a milestone for an alliance that the two companies hope can take on Google in search.

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Filed under Business news by By Mike Swiftmswift@mercurynews.com on Aug 24th, 2010. Comment. #

August 18, 2010

Foxconn: iPhone manufacturer rallies workers after China suicides

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Young workers who normally spend their days assembling iPhones and other high-tech gadgets packed a stadium at their massive campus Wednesday, waving pompoms and shouting slogans at a rally to raise morale following a string of suicides at the company's heavily regimented

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Filed under Business news by By Gillian WongAssociated Press on Aug 18th, 2010. Comment. #

August 17, 2010

Zynga: ‘FarmVille’ maker buys Boston music-game startup Conduit Labs

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Zynga, the San Francisco maker of Facebook games such as 'FarmVille,' has bought Conduit Labs, a Boston social games startup.

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Filed under Business news by By Frank Michael Russellfrussell@mercurynews.com on Aug 17th, 2010. Comment. #

August 11, 2010

Nasdaq, Dow fall sharply as investors’ gloom grows

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Global economic negativity causes investors to sell

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Filed under Business news by By Ariana Eunjung Cha and Sonja Ryst Washington Post on Aug 11th, 2010. Comment. #

August 5, 2010

Power Integrations installs $3.6M solar array at San Jose headquarters

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San Jose chip maker Power Integrations has installed a $3.6 million, 600-kilowatt solar array that will provide energy for one of two buildings at the company's headquarters.

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Filed under Business news by By Frank Michael Russellfrussell@mercurynews.com on Aug 5th, 2010. Comment. #

August 3, 2010

O’Brien: Globalstar leaves for Louisiana without a fight

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With unemployment at 12.3 percent, I have to wonder how a company like Globalstar moves its headquarters without so much as a peep from state officials?

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Filed under Business news by By Chris O'BrienMercury News Columnist on Aug 3rd, 2010. Comment. #

August 1, 2010

United Arab Emirates set to block BlackBerry service because it can’t monitor data

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The United Arab Emirates outlined plans Sunday to block BlackBerry e-mail, messaging and Web browsing services in a crackdown that could jeopardize efforts to establish the country as an international business hub.

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Filed under Business news by By Adam SchreckAssociated Press on Aug 1st, 2010. Comment. #

July 28, 2010

Questions? Facebook hopes your friends have the answers

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Palo Alto social-networking site Facebook started a public test of its new Facebook Questions feature.

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Filed under Business news by By Frank Michael Russellfrussell@mercurynews.com on Jul 28th, 2010. Comment. #

July 24, 2010

FCC chief Genachowski brings Silicon Valley mindset to the job

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Julius Genachowski, a longtime friend of President Barack Obama who heads the Federal Communications Commission, is probably the most powerful figure in Washington on the technology front other than the president himself. But his ambitious plans, by and large backed by Silicon Valley, have encountered stiff opposition from powerful interests.

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Filed under Business news by By Mike Zaplermzapler@mercurynews.com on Jul 24th, 2010. Comment. #

July 23, 2010

Mercury News interview: Mitchell Baker, chairwoman, Mozilla

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Executive leads renaissance of firm once considered a failure

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Filed under Business news by By Mike Swiftmswift@mercurynews.com on Jul 23rd, 2010. Comment. #

July 16, 2010

Silicon Valley employers add jobs in June, but unemployment rate rises

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Workforce grew by 3,300 jobs, but jobless figure in Santa Clara and San Benito counties climbed to 11.4 percent.

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Filed under Business news by By Pete Careypcarey@mercurynews.com on Jul 16th, 2010. Comment. #

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