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Apple’s Response to Latest Supplier Labor Abuse Allegations

Paul Mozur, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 29, 2013 at 10:13 am PT

“Apple is committed to providing safe and fair working conditions throughout our supply chain. We lead the industry with far-reaching and specialized audits, the most transparent reporting and educational programs that enrich the lives of workers who make our products.”

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Buy Signal: Facebook Widens Data Targeting

Evelyn M. Rusli, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 9, 2013 at 6:18 pm PT

On Wednesday, Facebook officially plans to roll out a new advertiser tool to help advertisers directly target Facebook users based on their offline spending history.

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EU Probes iPhone Contracts

Vanessa Mock, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on March 22, 2013 at 7:05 am PT

The European Union acknowledged that it is looking into complaints from some telecoms operators that Apple Inc.’s terms for carrying the iPhone are anticompetitive, but said the matter isn’t formal and competition in the smartphone market is strong.

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Samwers Launch €150 Million Venture Fund

Ben Rooney, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 18, 2013 at 6:26 am PT

Mark and Oliver Samwer, the driving force behind the Berlin-based Rocket Internet, are joining Fabian Siegel, one of the people behind Berlin’s Delivery Hero.

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Leap Wireless to Spin Off Muve Music Unit

Thomas Gryta, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on February 27, 2013 at 8:23 am PT

Leap, which offers service under the Cricket brand, launched the on-demand music service in January 2011. By creating a new company, Leap hopes to license the service to other carriers and has an agreement in principle with an unnamed international wireless carrier, spokesman Greg Lund said.

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Clearwire to Tap Sprint Financing

Sharon Terlep and Joann S. Lublin, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 26, 2013 at 6:59 pm PT

The financing is in the form of notes that convert into stock — an arrangement that gradually would give Sprint a bigger stake in Clearwire.

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BlackBerry to Launch in U.S. in Mid-March

Will Connors, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on January 30, 2013 at 8:01 am PT

Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled two new BlackBerry phones on Wednesday crucial to the company’s turnaround, but the first of the those devices won’t be available in the crucial U.S. market until mid-March.

Nook Loses Ground in Tablet War

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on January 3, 2013 at 9:12 am PT

Revenue at the bookseller’s Nook segment, which includes all the Nook devices, digital content, plus accessories, fell 12.6% to $311 million for the nine-week compared with the same period a year ago, the company said Thursday.

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Intel’s Push Into Web TV Hits Delays

Don Clark and Christopher S. Stewart, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Media on January 1, 2013 at 9:23 pm PT

The chip maker’s surprise interest in the crowded pay TV business was disclosed last March by The Wall Street Journal, which reported Intel had told media companies it hoped to launch a service by the end of 2012. The timing now seems uncertain.