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Calif. Pledges Better Mobile Privacy Disclosures – ABC News

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Calif. Pledges Better Mobile Privacy Disclosures
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California is clamping down on nosy mobile applications, telling them they must give people advance warning if they want to keep pulling sensitive information from smartphones and computer tablets. The crackdown comes six months after California …
White House pushes online privacy bill of rightsCNNMoney
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OnLive Desktop Plus gives iPad superspeed Flash
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OnLive Desktop may have stumbled upon the best way to get Flash content on an iPad: host the CPU-hungry tech on a server as far away as possible from your tablet, and simply stream over the results. In an update to the OnLive Desktop remote access app, …
Ex-Apple Man Streams Flash onto the iPadWired News
Windows on the iPad, and SpeedyNew York Times
OnLive Desktop Plus has the fastest (virtual) web browser you've ever used …The Verge
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LG announces Optimus 3D Max for MWC
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By Jacqueline Seng on Feb 22, 2012 With MWC just around the corner, handset manufacturers are starting to build up hype by unveiling some of their upcoming handsets. LG has outed one such Android smartphone–the Optimus 3D Max. Initially codenamed CX2 …
LG unveils its first quad-core phone Optimus 4XIBNLive.com
LG confirms its Optimus 3D Max smartphoneInquirer
LG unveils the Optimus L3, L5 and L7Moneycontrol.com
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Royal Bank of Scotland Profit Falls on Exposure to Greek Debt – New York Times

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Royal Bank of Scotland Profit Falls on Exposure to Greek Debt
New York Times
By JULIA WERDIGIER LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, majority-owned by the British government after a bailout, reported a bigger than expected loss for last year on Thursday partly because of its exposure to Greek government bonds.
RBS Loss WidensWall Street Journal
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RBS leads losses in London's banking sectorFinancial Times
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Vail Resorts' deal for California ski area expands holdings to seven
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By Jason Blevins Kirkwood Mountain Resort south of Lake Tahoe was founded 40 years ago and is known for its steep and deep, above-treeline skiing and minimal development. Associated Press file Vail Resorts expanded its stable of ski resorts to seven …
Vail Resorts buys Kirkwood Mountain ResortSacramento Bee
DMR's owners sell California ski areaThe Durango Herald
Vail Resorts buys Kirkwood, plans several upgradesSan Francisco Chronicle
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Credit Agricole Posts Q4 Loss on Greece
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Enlarge image Credit Agricole Has Fourth-Quarter Loss on Greek Writedowns Credit Agricole Has Fourth-Quarter Loss on Greek Writedowns Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg The Credit Agricole SA company logo is seen at their headquarters in Paris, France, …
Credit Agricole posts record 3 bln eur Q4 lossReuters
Crédit Agricole Suffers Net LossWall Street Journal
European Stock Futures Are Little Changed on Mixed EarningsBusinessWeek
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IRS Warns of Scams During Tax-filing Season
San Fernando Valley Sun
LOS ANGELES – The Internal Revenue Service has issued its annual "Dirty Dozen" ranking of tax scams, reminding taxpayers to use caution during tax season to protect themselves against a wide range of schemes ranging from identity theft to return …
Delays in delivery of tax refunds continue, tax pros sayUSA TODAY
Action Line: The Internal Revenue Service issues annual 'Dirty Dozen' ranking …San Jose Mercury News
IRS releases annual 'Dirty Dozen' tax scamsGoErie.com
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Why Debit-Card Overdraft Fees Are Under Scrutiny Again
BusinessWeek
By Karen Weise Today the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it is going to take a look at debit-card overdraft fees. If it feels like deja vu, it kinda is. It's been a year and a half since new rules changed how banks can charge for …
Consumer protection agency says it will look into overdraft feesWashington Post
Consumer-Finance Watchdog Probes Overdraft FeesABC News
Cordray Announces US Inquiry Into Bank Overdraft PoliciesBloomberg
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Despite progress, Brown still trying to make his mark with Lakers – CNN

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Despite progress, Brown still trying to make his mark with Lakers
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New Lakers coach Mike Brown has his team at 19-13 heading into tonight's game at Oklahoma City. DALLAS — Four days after Kobe Bryant defended Pau Gasol, three days after Bryant and Derek Fisher called a players-only meeting and 30 minutes after his …
Gasol, Lakers edge MavericksChicago Tribune
Their play's the thing in Lakers' victoryLos Angeles Times
Bynum, Lakers hold off MavericksUSA TODAY
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Lin, Knicks rout Hawks 99-82, head to Miami
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Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet NEW YORK – Not much heat from the Hawks for Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks. That's likely to change Thursday night when the show travels to Miami for Lin versus LeBron and some real Heat.
Jeremy Lin's rise from ordinary guy to sensationSan Francisco Chronicle
Lin, Knicks rout Hawks 99-82 before visiting Heat on ThursdayWashington Post
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Celtics only half-bad
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By Gary Washburn OKLAHOMA CITY – There has to be some momentum and positive feelings generated from the second half of the Celtics' 119-104 loss to the Thunder last night because it was such a significant and encouraging improvement from the first half …
Thunder top Celtics for 11th straight home winChicago Tribune
Thunder hand Celtics 5th straight loss, 119-104Fox News
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Obama plan would cut tax rates for companies, end loopholes – Detroit Free Press

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Obama plan would cut tax rates for companies, end loopholes
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President Barack Obama, shown accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, left, is proposing a corporate tax overhaul plan that lowers rates but also eliminates loopholes and subsidies. / J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press By Jim Kuhnhenn Associated …
Obama signs payroll tax cut extension into lawAFP
AP source: Obama seeks 28 percent corp. tax rateBoston.com
Obama's corporate tax plan would slash ratesUSA TODAY
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RBS Posts Loss Twice as Big as Expected
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Enlarge image Royal Bank of Scotland Posts a Wider-Than-Estimated Loss Royal Bank of Scotland Posts a Wider-Than-Estimated Loss Mike Wilkinson/Bloomberg The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBS) logo hangs from a road bridge close to the company's …
RBS Records $ 1.2 Billion Loss After Greece ChargesCNBC.com
Royal Bank of Scotland Posts a Wider-Than-Estimated LossBusinessWeek
RBS reports £2bn loss, fourth since bailoutBBC News
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Hewlett-Packard Profit Forecast Falls Short of Analyst Estimates
San Francisco Chronicle
Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — Hewlett-Packard Co. forecast fiscal second-quarter profit that fell short of analysts' estimates as consumers curtail personal-computer purchases, shifting computing tasks to smartphones and tablets made by rivals.
Hewlett-Packard Second-Quarter Profit Forecast Misses Estimates Amid SlumpBloomberg
HP Revenue and Profit Fall; More Trouble Is ExpectedNew York Times
HP Profit Falls 44 Percent Amid Weak PC SalesPCWorld
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Obama Looks to Web Industry for Online Consumer Privacy Standard – BusinessWeek

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Obama Looks to Web Industry for Online Consumer Privacy Standard
BusinessWeek
By Eric Engleman and Sara Forden Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration unveiled an initiative to give consumers more control over their personal information online, calling on Internet companies such as Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. to …
Voluntary guidelines for Web privacy backed by Obama administrationWashington Post
White House pushes for online privacy rightsUSA TODAY
State requires privacy posts by mobile app makersSan Francisco Chronicle
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Ex-Apple Man Streams Flash onto the iPad
Wired News
By Caleb Garling First, OnLive put Windows on the iPad. And now the free-thinking San Francisco startup has gone so far as to put Adobe Flash on Apple's holy tablet. On Wednesday, the company unveiled a new version of OnLive Desktop — an iPad …
Windows on the iPad, and SpeedyNew York Times
OnLive Desktop Plus brings Adobe Flash and IE to iPad; $ 5 per monthZDNet (blog)
OnLive offers service to speed up Web browsing on an iPadSan Jose Mercury News
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Quad-core LG 4X HD could be king of the Optimus hill
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by Kent German February 22, 2012 10:10 PM PST Follow @KentGerman Bound for Mobile World Congress, the LG Optimus 4X HD promises a 4.7-inch display, a quad-core processor, and high-end features. We haven't even left for Mobile World Congress yet and LG …
LG confirms its Optimus 3D Max smartphoneInquirer
LG unveils the Optimus L3, L5 and L7Moneycontrol.com
LG announces new Optimus L3, L5 and L7 smartphonesIBNLive.com
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Obama’s corporate tax plan would slash rates – USA TODAY

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Obama's corporate tax plan would slash rates
USA TODAY
By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY President Obama's long-awaited business tax plan would lower the corporate tax rate from 35% to 28% while slashing popular tax breaks enjoyed from Wall Street to Main Street, making it unlikely to get far in Congress in this …
In Mass., a wary response to tax proposalBoston Globe
Gulf on Foreign Profits Tax Threatens Deal on Corporate Rate CutBloomberg
Romney, Obama unveil tax cut plansThe Detroit News
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Markets ease as focus moves to growth, oil prices
Reuters
* MSCI Asia ex-Japan falls 0.6 pct, Nikkei rises 0.5 pct * Dollar near 7-month high vs yen, euro slumbers * Oil off 9-month highs but Iran tension supports * European shares likely subdued By Chikako Mogi TOKYO, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Asian shares and the …
Asian markets fall as focus moves to growth, oil pricesReuters India
Asia stocks fall amid Greek debt deal doubts The Associated Press
Yen hits seven month low against US dollarBBC News

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AT&T CEO's 2011 Compensation Hurt By Failed T-Mobile Deal
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(RTTNews.com) – Telecommunications giant AT&T Inc.'s (T) chief executive officer Randall Stephenson's compensation in 2011 was reduced by $ 2 million, thanks to a failed attempt to buy T-Mobile USA, a regulatory filing showed.
AT&T CEO pay docked $ 2 millionCNN
AT&T CEO takes $ 2M pay cut over T-Mobile dealSan Francisco Chronicle
AT&T's Chief Pays for Big Deal's FailureWall Street Journal
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S&P 500 Gets 9% Cheaper as Record Profit Restores $ 3.2 Trillion
BusinessWeek
By Inyoung Hwang and Lu Wang Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — Profits in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index are rising faster than its price, leaving the gauge 9 percent cheaper than it was in April even after American equities climbed within 6 points of last …
S&P 500 Gets 9% Cheaper as Record Profit Restores $ 3.2 Trillion to StocksBloomberg
Weak euro zone data weighs on European sharesReuters
WSJ: European Stocks End Lower On Data, Greece SkepticismWall Street Journal
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Consumer agency to review bank fees
The Advocate
By DANIEL WAGNER and CHRISTINA REXRODE AP business writers NEW YORK — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Wednesday that it will investigate bank overdraft fees, including how they are marketed and explained to customers.
Overdraft fees target of government probeAlbany Times Union
Why Debit-Card Overdraft Fees Are Under Scrutiny AgainBusinessWeek
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Obama’s corporate tax plan would slash rates – USA TODAY

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AT&T CEO's 2011 Compensation Hurt By Failed T-Mobile Deal
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(RTTNews.com) – Telecommunications giant AT&T Inc.'s (T) chief executive officer Randall Stephenson's compensation in 2011 was reduced by $ 2 million, thanks to a failed attempt to buy T-Mobile USA, a regulatory filing showed.
AT&T CEO pay docked $ 2 millionCNN
AT&T's Chief Pays for Big Deal's FailureWall Street Journal
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Got Pay Cut for Failed T-Mobile DealBloomberg
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Knicks may be becoming a team story – FOXSports.com

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Knicks may be becoming a team story
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Bill Reiter spent four years as sports enterprise reporter for The Kansas City Star, also contributing to multiple other news publications. Reiter was a finalist for the Livingston Award, and The Associated Press Sports Editors have recognized his work …
NY Knicks, Jeremy Lin head to Miami where LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and red …New York Daily News
Lin may change face of Chinese basketball: YaoChicago Tribune
Spoelstra: Celebrate Lin for his playWall Street Journal
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Tiger Woods not as bad as foe in match-play opener
San Francisco Chronicle
(02-22) 21:09 PST — As Tiger Woods and Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño reached the 12th hole of their match on Wednesday, Golf Channel analyst Nick Faldo cranked up his thickest sarcasm. "Do you think they should aim at the desert?" Faldo wondered aloud.
Golf: Tiger Woods battles from behind, advances at World Match PlaySan Jose Mercury News
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Woods gets past Spain's Fernandez-Castano, Els beats Donald on wild opening …Washington Post
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Bynum, Lakers hold off Mavericks
USA TODAY
DALLAS (AP) – Andrew Bynum had 19 points and 14 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers hit the halfway point of their season with a 96-91 victory over the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night. By Matthew Emmons, US Presswire Andrew …
Mavericks falter down the stretch as Lakers winMLive.com
NBA: Los Angeles Lakers hold on to defeat Dallas MavericksSan Jose Mercury News
Gasol, Lakers edge MavericksChicago Tribune
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‘Black Friday hangover’ crimps December retail sales – Montreal Gazette

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'Black Friday hangover' crimps December retail sales
Montreal Gazette
CIBC World Markets economist Emanuella Enenajor attributed December's numbers in part to a "Black Friday hangover" that came as Canadian retailers adopted earlier-than-normal US-style holiday discounting. Despite December's slower pace, …

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Trinity Church remake Rebecca Black's 'Friday' as 'Sunday'
The Music Network
by Nathan Jolly Like most people, we enjoyed Rebecca Black's viral hit Friday but felt it could have done with more overtly religious references. Luckily, the people at Trinity Church have heeded this call and have remade the song so that now it …

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Video: Game Hunters’ guide to PlayStation Vita – USA TODAY (blog)

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Video: Game Hunters' guide to PlayStation Vita
USA TODAY (blog)
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY Sony's new handheld and portable video game system the PlayStation Vita is out today ($ 249.99 for the WiFi-only model, $ 299.99 for 3G/WiFi model). In our story, "What's PlayStation Vita got that my smartphone doesn't?
Sony Vita handheld needs more speedSan Francisco Chronicle
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Sony's Vita arrives just as market may be fadingReuters
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Google Files Application to Operate TV Service
Tom’s Guide
Google may be launching a cable TV subscription service once Google Fiber is up and running. The Kansas City Star reports that Google Fiber, a subsidiary of Google, has filed applications in Missouri and Kansas to operate a video/TV service.
Google Aims to Offer Kansas City TVWall Street Journal
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Google Seeks To Plant Antenna Farm in IowaData Center Knowledge
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The Pokemon Company issues statement on fake App Store game
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In a world where Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonists struggle getting their own content approved as an iPhone app, somehow a lone developer managed to submit a game that was a blatant ripoff and trademark infringement of one of the most …
Apple vs. Facebook: Why users are the losersCNET
Fake Pokemon Yellow rises to No. 3 position on iTunes app chartsArs Technica
Apple Removes Fake Pokemon App From App StorePC Magazine
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