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Sony CEO says board mulling hedge fund boss Loeb's proposal to spin off entertainment business
AP Business WriterTOKYO (AP) — Sony's CEO Kazuo Hirai says the electronics giant's board will discuss a proposal by U.S. hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb to spin off up to 20 percent of its movie, TV and music division. Hirai was asked about the proposal at a...Tags: Mutual Funds, Economy, Business and Finance, Entertainment, Apple Inc., Samsung Group
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Xbox past and present
Global gaming market: $65 billion spent in 2012 Xbox: Introduced Nov. 15, 2001 Retail price: $299 Sold: 24 million units Xbox 360: Introduced Nov. 22, 2005 Price: $299 (core system) or $399 Sold: 76 million units worldwide Kinect...Tags: Gaming, Wireless Technology, Microsoft Corporation, Entertainment, Science and Technology
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Not everyone raving about electronic music festival
As Joliet awaits this weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival, one of the country's biggest electronic dance music festivals, many local officials have been emphasizing economics. The festival's promoter, Insomniac, has commissioned impact studies to...
Tags: Electric Daisy Carnival, Memorial Day, Government, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, University of Chicago
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Best Buy earnings slump on turnaround costs, Super Bowl shift
Best Buy Co. reported a net loss and sliding sales for its first quarter, weakness that the electronics retailer blamed on the costs of its ongoing turnaround and calendar shifts that affected the key Super Bowl selling day. Investors sent Best Buy...
Tags: JC Penney Company Inc., Best Buy Co., Inc., Football, Science and Technology, New Products
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Best Buy sees investments squeezing near-term profits
Reuters(Reuters) - Best Buy Co Inc reported lackluster sales in the first quarter and warned that efforts to entice shoppers could squeeze profits in the near term. The news overshadowed its better-than-expected, first-quarter profit and sent shares of the...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Target, Walmart, Science and Technology, Corporate Officers
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Denso executives to plead guilty to price fixing in Toyota case
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two executives at Japan's Denso Corp have agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices of electronic auto parts sold to Toyota and will cooperate with an ongoing criminal investigation, the U.S. Justice Department said on...Tags: Corporate Crime, Prices, Trials, Court Preliminary, Science and Technology
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PayPal to be in all RadioShack stores starting this month
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (Reuters) - PayPal, the online payment operation owned by eBay Inc, unveiled a new partnership on Tuesday with RadioShack Corp that will get PayPal into all the electronics retailer's stores starting this month.Tags: RadioShack Corporation, Science and Technology, PayPal, Inc., eBay Inc.
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Court revives lawsuit vs Electronic Arts over video game image
ReutersMay 21 (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit against Electronic Arts Inc by a former Rutgers University star football quarterback, who accused it of using his image in a video game without permission. By a 2-1 vote, a panel of...Tags: EA Tiburon, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Science and Technology, Judges, Gaming
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High-tech guns would allow users to track and disable their weapons remotely
AP National WriterSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved — and disable it remotely. The technology, but not an actual...Tags: Sandy Hook Promise, Weaponry, Barack Obama, Gun Control, Firearms
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Chrysler 300 S
I fell for the current iteration of the Chrysler 300 when it was first introduced as a 2005 model. It was far from perfect, but was roomy, comfortable and fun to drive. It was also fast, as it came equipped with a 5.7 liter V-8 engine. During its...
Tags: Landforms, Auto Trends, Chrysler, John Varvatos, Science and Technology
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Construction documents to be stored electronically with Harford permits agency
The Harford County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits, or DILP, working in cooperation with the Department of Information Systems, has made technology enhancements that will now allow DILP to migrate from traditional file storage to...Tags: Science and Technology, Online Media Industry
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On eve of Sony meeting, report says company could discuss spinoff
Sony Corp. is "considering evaluating" a spinoff of its entertainment arm that is being advocated by the hedge fund and Sony shareholder Third Point, according to Japan's Nikkei newspaper. The news comes a day before a much-anticipated Sony corporate...
Tags: Mutual Funds, Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Science and Technology, Tokyo (Japan)
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