Panasonic Corp., the world’s largest maker of plasma televisions, raised its operating profit forecast 25 percent to 150 billion yen, the company said in a statement today.

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Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Japan’s largest phone company, reported a fourth consecutive quarterly drop in profit.

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on February 4th, 2010

Apple will need to convince consumers that they need an iPad. However, failure to do so wouldn't be a disaster for the company

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In mid-December, Fake Steve Jobs, the alter ego of widely read journalist and blogger Dan Lyons, posted the following appeal to his fellow members of iPhone Nation:

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Scanbuy, JagTag, and other U.S. companies are trying to harness the potential of bar codes to deliver ads and information to cell-phone users

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Sanyo Electric Co. shares fell as much as 7.3 percent in Tokyo trading after the company reported a 9-month net loss.

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Deutsche Telekom AG is considering an initial public offering for T-Mobile USA Inc. to appease shareholders and help fund the U.S. wireless unit’s network buildout, the Wall Street Journal said.

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Washington wants to pump big money into so-called disease management, though there's scant evidence that it works

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