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Google Bypassed
iPhone Settings
The web giant and other ad companies bypassed privacy settings in Apple's Safari browser on mobile devices and computers—tracking the online habits of people who intended for that kind of monitoring to be blocked.
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Price of iPad's Name: $55,000 to $2 Billion
Apple agreed in 2009 to pay Chinese computer-display maker Proview about $55,000 for the iPad trademark in a number of countries, documents show—but Proview insists China wasn't included.
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China's Foxconn Raises Workers' Salaries
One of Apple's biggest manufacturing partners in China said it raised the basic salary of assembly line workers in China as it works to retain talent and improve working conditions.
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IMF Expected to Give Less to Greece
The IMF is expected to contribute just $17.07 billion to a second Greek aid package, leaving euro-zone governments to provide a much bigger share of funds than they did in the euro zone's three earlier bailouts.
ECB Concludes Bond Exchange Germany, Bank Ease Tensions on Bailout Heard: ECB Teaches Bondholders a Lesson Analysis: Austerity Debate a Matter of Degree Opinion: Europe's Supply-Side Revolution ♦Video: Leaders Need to Slow Down
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Mitsui Unit Settles Spill Claims
The Justice Department, Coast Guard and EPA have settled civil claims with a division of Japanese conglomerate Mitsui for its role in the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident.
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China Pumps Funds Into Banks
China's central bank injected cash into the nation's banking system by using a rare funding operation to help ease a liquidity squeeze and lower funding costs.
China Government Forecaster: Buoyant Growth This Year
The property sector will continue to correct in 2012 but growth in gross domestic product will remain buoyant at 8.5%, one of China's top government economic forecasters said.
Dow Finishes at 52-Week High
The Dow industrials pushed higher for the second day after European leaders signaled progress toward an agreement on a bailout for Greece.
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Avon Taps Leader for China
Avon has named John Lin president of its China business, as the company works to boost sales in the country. He's currently president of Avon Canada.
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ANA Presses Transformation
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Court Reverses Conviction of Ex-Goldman Programmer
Murdoch Plans New Sunday Tabloid
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Dollar Retreats on Euro, Gains on Yen
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U.S. to Offer Exporters Matched Financing
Chinese City Defends Raising Home-Price Cap
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Talking Dictionaries Give Life to Rare Languages
Researchers unveiled on Friday a set of online talking dictionaries that for the first time document the sound, syntax and structure of unusual, vanishing languages.
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Blush Single Tops Billboard's Dance Charts
A pop band from Asia has raced past Kelly Clarkson, Rihanna and David Guetta to the top of the U.S. music charts. And no, it's not Girls' Generation.
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Four Portraits and One That Isn't
Photographer Gerard Rancinan on his five most memorable shoots: four successful, plus one that wasn't.
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Rekindling the Love for Comic Books
The Indian Comic Con, which kicked off in New Delhi's Dilli Haat aims to lift the country's comic industry that has seen tough time.
World
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L.A. Welcomes Xi
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping sought to highlight the benefits of U.S.-China commercial ties, visiting a farm in Iowa before flying to Los Angeles.
Blacklisted Iranian Banks Face Ban
Syrian Conflict Spills to Neighbors
Times Correspondent Dies in Syria
Expert Among Thai Bombing Suspects
Suicide Blast Kills 23 in Pakistan
Germany's President Steps Down
Attacks Threaten Nigeria's Future
Food & Drink
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Food Fridays: The Restaurant, Chedi Chiang Mai
The Chedi Chiang Mai's restaurant, housed in a 20th-century colonial bungalow, features some of the best Indian food in the city.
Picking Cheese With Alain Ducasse
Jeremy Lin
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In Flushing, Little Sign of Linsanity
It's not that Lin hasn't caught on in Asian-American enclaves. His appeal remains generational -- a new hero for the children or grandchildren of New York's immigrants.
Delivery Guy Saw Lin Coming
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Share of Workers in Scientific Fields Down
The share of U.S. workers in science and engineering fell in the last decade for the first time since 1950.
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DreamWorks and Chinese Protectionism
A new joint venture shows the barriers to investment in China.
Taming the Indian Taxman
Mitt Romney: How I'll Respond to China's Rising Power
Tech
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Web TV's New Lineup
Fueled by a wave of investment from Silicon Valley's deepest pockets, Hollywood players are lining up to create original online shows. Tom Hanks vs. piano-playing cats.
China
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Apple Pulls iPad
From China Sites
Some unauthorized merchants in China, including Amazon's Chinese site, removed iPads from storefronts on Apple's request.
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Norsk CEO Sees Aluminum Cuts in West
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No Linsanity for Li Ning
India
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Essar Oil Posts Loss
Essar Oil slipped to a net loss of 39.9 billion rupees ($809 million) for the third quarter after making a 40.15 billion rupees provision toward deferred sales tax and also due to lower crude throughput and a weak refinery margin.
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India's Sputtering Airlines Show Sector's Headwinds
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RBI External Advisors Favored Rate Cut
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Got Milk Contracts? Indeed!
Milk futures and options activity has soared, as farmers and food companies pile in, looking to protect themselves after a recent drop in prices, following a surge last year.
The Scale of Apple's Risk
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Investors Sue Falcone and Harbinger
Tech
Amazon Buys 3 City Blocks in Seattle
Amazon is buying three large contiguous blocks in central Seattle, with plans to build about 3 million square feet of office space.
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Google's Schmidt Sells $1.5 Billion in Stock
Apple's Mac Makeover
World
Authorities Trace Fake Avastin
Authorities are investigating whether counterfeit packs of the cancer drug Avastin found on the U.S. market came from an Egyptian supplier.
Latvians to Vote on Sensitive Russia Issue
Turkish Bank in Spotlight for Iran Deals
U.S.
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Payroll-Tax Cut Clears Congress
Congress quickly passed a deal to extend the payroll-tax cut, continue unemployment benefits and avoid a steep cut in Medicare doctors' fees.
Terror Suspect Arrested Near Capitol
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White House Releases Economic Report
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The Manhattan Project
A guide to stirring, experimenting with and drinking up the leanest, meanest and jazziest of all classic cocktails.
Phuket Villa, Beach Included
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Jumping Juniper
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Noonan: How Honest Is 'Honest Abe'?
Campaigns have always been negative, but they haven't always been ubiquitous.
Luskin and Kelly: Europe's Supply-Side Revolution
The War on Wyden
Why Students In East Asia Are Superior
American parents looking to send their children to the world's best schools might want to start looking East. And by that, we don't mean the East Coast.
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Malaysian Aces Storm Singapore Skies at Airshow
Malaysia's guardian angels are keeping a rare watch over Singapore this week, as the cream of Malaysia's air force dart the skies of their southern neighbor.
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Competition Heats Up in Canada's Ice Hotel Market
For the past 12 years, Hotel de Glace enjoyed a monopoly in ice tourism in North America. But this winter, after upstart Snow Village opened its doors, the two hotels are scrambling to distinguish themselves in this super-niche market.
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How Dreamy Is the Boeing Dreamliner?
We take the Boeing 787 'Dreamliner' on a test ride as the aircraft celebrates its three-month anniversary in service.
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Portrait of a Presidency Under Siege
Possibly the most tendentious work ever to appear on PBS's "American Experience" series, it's a measure of the subject and drama of the Clinton presidency that "Clinton" is nevertheless an enticing film.
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'Undefeated': Real School Football (Almost)
Meanwhile, "Thin Ice" takes a few graceful skids before crashing, and Alaskan youths battle and suffer in the solid "On the Ice."
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Southeast Asia in Pictures
Malaysian Chinese devotees took part in the annual Chingay parade; officials investigated a bomb site in Bangkok; the Royal Australian Air Force's aerobatics display team performed in Singapore; and more.
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Singapore Airshow 2012
The latest from the airshow that runs through Sunday.
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Asia in Pictures
A exiled Tibetan is detained in India, a woman weeps for her dead husband in China, a man washes his camel on a beach in Pakistan and more.
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A Hollywood Home to Talk About
This Mediterranean-style home in an affluent Hollywood neighborhood belongs to 'Gossip Girl' co-creator Stephanie Savage, whose fascination with Old Hollywood led her to the 1920s-era house.
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North Korea Celebrates Kim Jong Il's Birthday (Without Him)
North Korea's propaganda machine is giving the late dictator's birthday an even bigger buildup than when he was alive. Feb. 16 even has a new name: Day of the Shining Star.
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Photos of the Day: Feb. 16
In today's pictures, Tenerife names a new carnival queen, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits an Iowa farm, a man shovels snow in Montenegro, and more.
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Xi Jinping Visits the U.S.
Xi Jinping, who is expected to be China's next leader, arrived in Washington Monday for a five-day visit to boost his political standing.
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