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China Southern Airlines Gets the First A380 in the Country

Airbus Confirms Cause of A380 Wing Cracks

Cracks in the wings of the world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, stem from stresses caused by unsuitable materials and the way engineers designed the bolts to fit into certain brackets -- not stresses caused by flying, Airbus said.
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Unlocking iPhone: How to Reset Factory Settings (Easy Tutorial)

Restoring the factory settings of your device is very easy to perform and can help you if your device is not functioning properly, or some applications are not working, or the device has been hit by a virus. Here is a complete tutorial for you to proceed with the restoring.
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Caterpillar 4Q up 58% on Rising Global Demand

Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N) reported a 58 percent rise in quarterly earnings that far exceeded Wall Street expectations on Thursday due to increased global demand for construction machinery and mining equipment.
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Hennes & Mauritz Issues Gloomy Outlook

World No.2 fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (HMb.ST) said a gloomy economic outlook would keep demand subdued this year and discounting to shift unsold stock, which led to a surprise drop in fourth-quarter profit, had continued into January.
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What Apple Plans to Do with $98 Billion Cash Hoard?

Apple Inc. has a high-quality balance sheet with net cash of $97.6 billion or $103.6 per share at the end of fiscal first quarter. Investors look puzzled regarding what Apple intends to do with its cash hoard.
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Japan's Tepco Set for $13B Bailout: Sources

The owner of Japan's stricken nuclear reactor, Tokyo Electric Power Co, will agree to be taken over by the government in a near-$13 billion bailout, sources said on Thursday, even as the country debates the future of nuclear power.
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Is Angry Birds Creator Rovio the Next Nintendo?

Angry Birds, the popular gaming service from game developer Rovio, is one of the most popular games on the planet. Rovio has plans to create animated tv shows among a variety of other merchandise to support the franchise. That has us wondering: Is Rovio the next Nintendo?
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop displays the Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show opening in Las Vegas

Nokia Seen Struggling in Early Days for Windows Phone

Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker by volume, is expected to remain barely in the black in the fourth quarter, with its new Windows Phone models yet to compensate for diving sales of its legacy smartphones.
Thorsten Heins poses for a portrait at Research in Motion headquarters in Waterloo

RIM Shares Bounce Back After Shuffle-Related Drop

Shares of Research In Motion rose 8.6 percent on Wednesday, rebounding after two days of declines on disappointment over the choice of an company insider as the BlackBerry maker's new chief executive.
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Honda Civic Hybrid Lawsuit: Did the Auto Giant Lie on MPG?

Heather Peters, a Honda Hybrid car owner, has brought the auto giant to court claiming the car has failed to deliver the promised mileage. However, the judge presiding over the case is seeking more information before he allows the complaint to proceed.
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J.C. Penney Permanently Slashing Prices by 40%

J.C. Penney Company Inc. (NYSE:JCP), run by Apple Inc.'s former retail chief, is permanently marking down all of its merchandise by at least 40 percent so that shoppers no longer have to wait for a sale to get the best bargain.

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