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Yahoo News
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Motorola Inc. replaced its chief financial officer Wednesday in a shake up of top management as it slashed its first-quarter sales forecast, blaming weaker-than-expected revenue from its cell-phone unit.
Still reeling from sales and profit problems tha..
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MSNBC
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U.S. sales of video game hardware and software were $1.12 billion in May, up 37 percent from a year earlier, with Take-Two Interactive Software's "Grand Theft Audio 4" the best-selling title for the month, market researcher NPD said in a report on Thursda..
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MSNBC
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U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 47 percent from a year earlier, as Take-Two Interactive Software's "Grand Theft Auto 4" and Nintendo's Wii console stole the show.
The popularity of "Grand Theft Auto 4," however, failed to boost sale..
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BBC News
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Microsoft's profits for the key Christmas trading quarter have soared 79%, driven by strong computer sales and the success of its Xbox console.
The US giant's net profit for October to December 2007 was $4.7bn (�2.4bn), compared with $2.6bn a year ea..
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BBC News
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First-person-shooter Call of Duty 4 was last year's biggest selling game, according to sales figures.
It has sold more than seven million units since its launch in November, says its publisher Activision.
The claim is based on sales figures from res..
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BusinessWeek
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Soaring sales in emerging markets and growth in high-end phones are bolstering the Finnish company's already daunting lead—but iPhone's on its mind
Nokia extended its already formidable dominance of the global handset business on Jan. 24, announcing..
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BusinessWeek
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Educational programs are training medical students on how to deal with drug company sales pitches
Douglas Melnick, a former drug sales rep, discusses tactics when meeting with doctors.
Adriane Fugh-Berman wants to imbue the next generation of doctor..
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BBC News
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UK gamers have spent a record-breaking �1.52bn on titles in 2007, up 25% on last year and with two weeks of sales yet to be counted.
Sales of video games in the UK are now at an all-time high, with more than 78 million titles sold, buoyed by new hard..
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BusinessWeek
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The PC giant is warming to products it once ignored as part of a bigger effort to recapture business sales lost to rivals HP and Lenovo
After sitting on the sidelines for about five years, PC giant Dell (DELL) is making its first foray into the market..
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New York Times
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Apple no longer accepts cash for iPhone purchases and now limits sales of the cellphone to two per person in a move to stop people from reselling them.
The new policy started Thursday, said Natalie Kerris, an Apple spokeswoman. Before then, there was n..
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Yahoo News
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Apple Inc. no longer accepts cash for iPhone purchases and now limits sales of the cell phone to two per person in a move to stop people from reselling them.
The new policy started Thursday, said Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris. Before then, there was..
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MSNBC
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Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 23 percent as brisk sales of the new “Halo 3” video game, Windows and Office helped the software maker breeze past Wall Street’s expectations.
Investors cheered, sending shares up..
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BBC News
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Nintendo's Wii continues to dominate the Japanese console market, according to latest sales figures.
Nintendo sold nearly a quarter of a million machines during August, whilst Sony sold just over 80,000 PlayStation 3s and Microsoft just 11,000 Xbox 360..
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Bloomberg
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General Motors Corp. may build as many as 60,000 of its Volt electric cars for their inaugural year on the market, four times the sales of Toyota Motor Corp.'s hybrid Prius in its U.S. debut, people with knowledge of GM's plans said.
Production at that..
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www.infoworld.com
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New research indicates that Apple laptop sales have soared to new highs on the back of a new halo effect for the company's products generated by clamor surrounding the iPhone.
A ChangeWave survey confirms first intimations of the move as indicated in a..
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CNN
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Sales of Nintendo's quirky Wii video game machine could top the legendary PlayStation 2, making it the biggest hit in the industry's history, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said on Thursday. Nintendo Co. Ltd. sped past Sony Corp. in market capitalization..
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BBC News
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Online retailing in the UK has grown at its fastest rate since the dotcom bubble burst, a survey has claimed.
The amount of money spent by consumers shopping online increased by 33.4% to �10.9bn last year, retail analysts Verdict Research said.
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BBC News
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Booming sales of laptops, printers and servers helped Hewlett Packard (HP) beat Wall Street profit forecasts for the three months to 30 April.
The world's biggest maker of PCs earned $1.78bn (�900m) - or 65 cents per share - slightly down from $1.9bn..
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Yahoo News
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Online shoppers wooed by new sites like Gap Inc.'s shoe site piperlime.com, enhanced merchandise images and such come-ons as free shipping spent more on clothing and accessories than on computers for the first time ever, according to an annual indus..
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BusinessWeek
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Sun's dated Web programming language is getting a makeover; will new consumer-friendly versions attract more developers—and sales?
Nearly a decade ago, during the Internet's early heyday, Sun Microsystems' Java was the software of choice for companie..
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