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*Apple operations chief vows to eradicate child labor from industry. *Apple says child labor, working hours tough challenges. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24- Apple Inc stepped up audits of working conditions at major suppliers last year, discovering multiple cases of underage workers, discrimination and wage problems.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24- Cisco Systems Inc is selling its home networking business to Belkin, the networking giant's latest move to exit the consumer business.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24- A U.S. appeals court threw out a jury verdict worth more than $80 million against toy giant Mattel Inc on Thursday over trade secret claims relating to Bratz dolls that had been won by MGA Entertainment.
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*Ivona deal may help Amazon expand Kindle reader base- analyst. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24- Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it acquired text-to-speech technology company Ivona Software, a sign that the world's largest Internet retailer may be looking to develop more services similar to Apple Inc's Siri voice-based search product.
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The long running saga over MGA's pouty-lipped, large-headed Bratz dolls began in 2004 as the toys soared in popularity, and Mattel accused the Van Nuys, California- based MGA of stealing its designs by hiring one of Mattel's key employees.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24- Twitter Inc, the social network known for its 140- character messages, hinted at the direction of its evolution on Thursday with the launch of a new streaming video service for smartphones. "Like Tweets, the brevity of videos on Vine inspires creativity," Michael Sippey, a Twitter vice president, said on the company's blog.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24- A U.S. appeals court on Thursday vacated a jury verdict against Mattel Inc worth more than $80 million over trade secret claims related to Bratz dolls that had been won by MGA Entertainment.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24- Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday that it acquired speech-recognition company Ivona Software, a sign the world's largest Internet retailer may be looking to develop more services similar to Apple Inc's Siri voice-based search product.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24- Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday that it acquired speech-recognition company Ivona Software, a sign the world's largest Internet retailer may be looking to develop more services similar to Apple Inc's Siri voice-based search product.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24- San Francisco- based entrepreneur Garrett Johnson is usually too busy with his messaging start-up for much travel, but one issue has inspired him to cross the country: immigration reform.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 23- Apple Inc missed Wall Street's revenue forecast for the third straight quarter after iPhone sales came in below expectations, fanning fears that its dominance of the mobile industry was slipping. On Wednesday, Apple said it shipped a record 47.8 million iPhones in the December quarter, up 29 percent from the year-ago period.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 23- Symantec Corp plans to slash its management ranks and reorganize into 10 business areas, but has decided not to sell off major assets after a strategic review by its new early this month.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 23- Apple Inc missed Wall Street's revenue forecast for the third straight quarter as iPhone sales came in below expectations, fueling investors' worries that its dominance of the mobile industry was slipping.
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Like other memory chipmakers, SanDisk has been hurt in recent quarters by a drop in prices for NAND flash chips used in smartphones, cameras, storage drives and tablets to store data such as movies and photos.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 23- Under pressure to quicken its growth, the once-red hot question-and-answer startup Quora.com said it will launch a blogging platform to encourage more input from its users, who share everything from intensely personal experiences to deep technical knowledge on the site.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 23- Apple Inc missed revenue expectations for the third straight quarter after sales of its flagship iPhone came in below Wall Street's targets, driving its shares down 6 percent.
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Like other memory chipmakers, SanDisk has been hurt in recent quarters by a drop in prices for NAND flash chips used in smartphones, cameras, storage drives and tablets to store data such as movies and photos. In its earnings report on Wednesday, SanDisk said its growing solid-state drive business accounted for 10 percent of fourth-quarter revenue.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 23- Chipmaker LSI Corp posted fourth-quarter revenue that was above expectations despite slow PC sales and a weak economy that have created uncertainty around demand for storage controllers. LSI estimated current-quarter revenue from continuing operations would be between $535 million and $575 million.
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*Google, IBM climb on strong results. NEW YORK, Jan 23- The S&P 500 rose for a sixth day on Wednesday after stronger-than-expected profits from IBM and Google but the rally could be halted as Apple's after-hours miss send its shares lower.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 23- Apple Inc reported quarterly revenue that slightly missed Wall Street expectations as sales of its flagship iPhone came in below target, sending its shares down more than 4 percent.