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Trust Co of the West worked for months in secret to acquire an entire firm to replace its star bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach and his mortgage-backed securities department before terminating him, TCW's chief executive testified in court.

China's telecom giants are building up a war-chest of patents to help give them an edge in the legal battles raging between the world's smartphone makers, aided by Beijing's push to transform the country from workshop to innovator.

China's planned deregulation in October of its fund distribution business has drawn interest from both independent advisers and locally-incorporated foreign banks, as they eye a slice of the market dominated by Chinese banks.

Chemical firms using natural gas as feedstock in southwestern Chinese provinces were facing mounting risks to scale down and even close operations due to gas shortages and rising gas prices, an industry newspaper reported on Thursday.

China home grown sport brand Li Ning Co Ltd. , which posted a 50 percent fall in its first half profit, said the operating environment is expected to remain challenging on intensifying competition among brands and escalating cost.

China's main state-owned companies will double their investments in the restless far western region of Xinjiang over the next five years to 991.6 billion yuan ($155 billion), a major Chinese newspaper reported on Thursday.

For today only, Aug. 25, Redbook is offering a free one-night DVD movie rental in honor of America's Movie Night.

Steve Jobs announced on Wednesday that he could no longer be chief executive of the company he co-founded.

Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, deemed irreplaceable by millions of fans of the operating system, Wednesday announced his resignation after signs of poor health approached.

Apple's new CEO Tim Cook not only might be the most influential technology leader in his new position, but also the most powerful gay man in America.

Popular travel site CouchSurfing has picked up a $7.6 million investment to become a for-profit company.

The Obama administration is considering plans to allow millions of homeowners with government-backed mortgages to refinance at current interest rates.

The globally-popular Apple iPhone sums up Steve Jobs' legacy perhaps better than anything else.

Bank of America's shares skyrocketed 25 percent on Thursday after announcing Warren Buffett's $5 billion investment in the company.

Steve Jobs' greatest legacy as Apple's leader is without a doubt the Apple iPhone. The globally popular product sums it all up in regard to Jobs' legacy.

You've got to put your money somewhere, right? Under the mattress doesn't really work as a retirement program. It's lumpy, vulnerable to theft and your kids might find it.

Steve Jobs resigns from Apple, and now it's time to reflect back on what made the skinny college dropout one of the best innovators in the history of modern capitalism. News that Jobs resigned may be a surprise in timing, but everybody knew this was coming sooner rather than later. Jobs has been battling pancreatic cancer for years, and had a liver transplant two years ago, after all.

Steve Jobs' decision to step down as chief executive of Apple, marking an end to his 14-year reign at the consumer electronics giant he co-founded in a garage, signals that his disease, which was kept in check for more than seven years, may be advancing beyond doctors' ability to control it, experts say.

Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway gained EU approval on Thursday for its $9 billion purchase of Lubrizol Corp .

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM.TO)(RIMM.O) is planning for its newer models of smartphones, expected next year, to run applications designed for Google Inc's (GOOG.O) Android operating system, a Bloomberg report said, citing people familiar with the plan.

In the annals of natural disasters, it doesn't get much worse than a major hurricane directly striking New York City and Long Island.

Apple stock plunged in afterhours trading, falling over five percent, on news that CEO Steve Jobs is stepping down on health concerns.

Apple's Steve Jobs resigns. Here are five reasons why Jobs made his mark as one of the greatest CEOs in the world.

Steve Jobs has resigned as Apple's leader. The move has been speculated because of questions over Jobs' health. He was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver transplant two years ago. Speculation has focused on when Jobs might retire, but even though the timing might come as a surprise, Jobs' impact as a 21st century leader is clear. Here are five reasons Apple's Steve Jobs made his mark as one of the greatest CEO's ever.

Bids for Hulu are due on Wednesday from a collection of tech and satellite giants -- with Yahoo, Google, Amazon and DirecTV among the likely contenders.

Trust Company of the West CEO Marc Stern asked his legal team to monitor the emails of ex-employee and star bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach after growing suspicious of his intentions to start a new firm, the CEO testified on Wednesday.

Lenovo's new ThinkPad tablet is aiming at unconconquered territory -- the business and IT tablet space. The 10.1-inch ThinkPad is built around the Android system, the most competitive tablet platform to Apple's iOS used in the iPad tablet. The ThinkPad is also geared toward the business market, not the consumer market. Lenovo introduced its first business-class Android-based ThinkPad Tablet on Tuesday.

If U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke needs any more evidence regarding the slowdown in the U.S. economic recovery, he need look no further than U.S. housing prices, which have fallen for 17 consecutive quarters