*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.
*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.
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.
*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.
*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.
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.
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.
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. "
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.
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.