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Upside and downside of Kyocera's dual-screen Android phone Echo

Heeeere's... Echo
Last year in February Engadget reported that Sweden's UI design company The Astonishing Tribe (TAT) showcased a dual-screen UI concept, stating that in future devices could sport such a setup. A year later Kyocera communications has launched a dual-screen Android phone called Echo on Sprint network.

ATK, Astrium Unveil Liberty Launch Vehicle Initiative

Liberty
Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) is teaming up with EADS unit Astrium to develop a new low-cost space rocket launch vehicle that could take tourists into orbit. ATK and Astrium are working together in response to NASA's Commercial Crew Development-2 (CCDev-2) procurement and is offering NASA launch services with the Liberty rocket.
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Regulators set to curb bank bonuses, part of global move

Regulators on Monday are expected to make their most forceful attempt yet to clamp down bank bonuses since the 2007-2009 financial crisis, but the proposals pale in comparison to harsher restrictions already set in Europe.
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Nokia shares are up on executive shake-up speculation

Shares of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) are moving higher Monday on speculation that the mobile phone maker will soon engineer a major reshuffling of its management and board as the company tries to wrestle back domination of the premium handset market.
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AOL to acquire Huffington Post

AOL Inc. said early Monday morning plans to acquire online news website Huffington Post for $315 million, as part of the companies attempt to turn its business around with a strategy of becoming a top producer of digital content.
India's former telecommunications minister Andimuthu Raja (C) leaves India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters in New Delhi February 3, 2011

Former Indian telecom minister arrested over $40 bln graft scam

India's former Telecom Minister Andimuthu Raja, his personal secretary RK Chandolia and former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura have been arrested by India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over his alleged manipulation while allocating the second-generation telecom (2G) spectrum licenses in 2007 and 2008.
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Anadarko makes 4th offshore gas find in Mozambique

U.S. oil and gas firm Anadarko Petroleum Corp said on Monday it had made its fourth natural gas discovery in the Rovuma Basin, the latest in a string of major deepwater natural gas discoveries off the coast of Mozambique.
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Harmony doubles Q2 earnings as gold shines

South Africa's Harmony Gold more than doubled its second-quarter earnings on Monday, boosted by record gold prices and said it was on track to meet its long-term production targets.
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Hackers penetrate Nasdaq computers: report

Computer hackers repeatedly entered the network of the company that runs the Nasdaq stock market in the past year, but the trading platform was not compromised, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

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