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May 21- Gap Inc's chairman and CEO said on Tuesday the U.S. retailer was ready to sign a global accord designed to prevent another deadly disaster in Bangladesh's garment industry, provided there were some "very minor accommodations."
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*Apple ranking drops to No.6 in China smartphone market. NEW YORK, Dec 6- Wall Street was set to slightly dip at the open on Thursday in what could be another choppy session as the progress of fiscal negotiations in Washington continues to determine the market's fate.
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*Apple's smartphone mkt share rank drops two notches in Q3 vs Q2. HONG KONG, Dec 6- Apple Inc's rank in China's smartphone market, which is set to become the world's largest this year, fell to No.6 in the third quarter as it faced tough competition from Chinese brands, research firm IDC said on Thursday.
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Apple's rank in China's smartphone market, which is set to become the world's largest this year, fell to No.6 in the third quarter as it faces tougher competition from Chinese brands, according to research.
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Samsung is likely accelerating the launch of its next-generation Galaxy smartphone- which may come with an unbreakable screen.
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SEOUL, Dec 6- Samsung Electronics, the world's leading technology company by revenue, is likely accelerating the launch of its next-generation flagship Galaxy smartphone- which may come with a breakthrough unbreakable screen.
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*Apple's stock up 2 pct on day after worst drop since 2008. *Apple's rank drops to No. 6 in China's smartphone market.
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Nokia will partner with China Mobile to launch a version of its new flagship Lumia smartphone tailored for the world's largest cellular market, the Finnish company said on Wednesday.
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*Tough Australian anti-smoking laws come into force Dec. 1. SYDNEY, Nov 30- James Yu, who runs the King of the Pack tobacconist in central Sydney, is indignant about Australia's stringent anti-tobacco laws making manufacuters package cigarettes in drab olive green packs with pictures of ill babies and diseased body parts.
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SEOUL, Nov 29- South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co is taking aim at its Japanese rivals with an Android-powered digital camera that allows users to swiftly and wirelessly upload pictures to social networking sites.
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SEOUL, Nov 29- South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co is taking aim at its Japanese rivals with an Android-powered digital camera that allows users to swiftly and wirelessly upload pictures to social networking sites.
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NEW YORK, Nov 26- Daniel Allen stared in shock after opening the door to his grandmother's closet. "She was a packrat," said Allen, who was helping his family clean his 92- year-old grandmother's Waterloo, Indiana, farmhouse after she passed away in March. "
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From India and Indonesia to Brazil, the cost of an iPhone is often double or triple, the price in developed countries, due mostly to a lack of availability and subsidies from mobile network operators.
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Bad news for hurricane-ravaged homeowners is good news for at least one contingent: construction companies and the army of workers they plan to hire, many of whom have been idled and ailing from the housing bust for nearly half a decade. The NYT reports.
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The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq will open as usual Wednesday following an unprecedented storm that flooded many parts of Manhattan and prompted widespread power failures. The NYT reports.
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For John Selldorff, the best news of the day was that his employees were safe and the power was back on at his company’s factory in Fairfield, N.J. But all around the plant, electricity and phone service were still out — and the manager responsible for that part of the business couldn’t get out of his driveway because of a fallen tree. The NYT reports.
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If you’re imbibing Friday, you might want to raise a glass to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.
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The Justice Department has approved a $52 billion beer merger between Belgian brewer InBev and Anheuser-Busch. But InBev's buzz comes with a slight hiccup: it must sell subsidiary Labatt USA before regulators let the Belgian company buy out St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch.
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As hard times prompt Americans to cut spending, more workers are bringing their lunch to work rather than buying it at a food outlet, or even the company cafeteria.
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Credit-card delinquencies are likely to become the next flashpoint in the credit crisis, though the impact on the economy won't be as severe as the housing slump, analysts say
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The Venezuelan government has ordered nearly all McDonald's restaurants in the country closed for 48 hours for what it calls irregularities in the fast-food chain's financial books.