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The Nikkei rallied on Thursday as investors snapped up shares of Japanese exporters after the dollar hit two-week highs against the yen, but markets elsewhere in Asia were more subdued ahead of the influential U.S. non-farm payrolls report.

It's dumb and it's called a lapdoc but Motorola Mobility bets consumers will want to use this gadget to make their smartphones work more like real computers and help Motorola stand out from the crowd.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday renominated economist and Nobel laureate Peter Diamond to the Federal Reserve Board, sticking with a pick that has already been thwarted by Senate Republicans twice.

The yuan exchange rate is not the main cause of the trade imbalance between China and the United States, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

Sony Corp reaffirmed its commitment to 3D technology on Wednesday, saying it would provide more content and launch 3D cameras and camcorders.

Corporate interest in Research in Motion's new tablet was massive, the company said, as it announced plans to launch a 4G version of the device this summer with Sprint Nextel.

LG Electronics unveiled its first tablet, running on Google's Android platform, through T-Mobile USA, as it seeks to grab some share of the emerging tablet market from Apple.

Panasonic Corp aims to beef up its Internet-TV service this spring, expanding its offering of applications to compete with rivals like the alliance between Sony Corp and Google Inc.

Sharp Corp <6753.T> plans to start selling its Galapagos tablet computer in the United States in the second half of this year, and is ironing out deals with major media and content providers, the head of the company's U.S. unit said on Wednesday.

BP and its partners made a series of cost-cutting decisions that ultimately contributed to the oil spill that ravaged the Gulf of Mexico coast over the summer, the White House oil spill commission said on Wednesday.

U.S. regulators are asking software developers in an Open Internet Challenge to create apps that let Internet users know when their service provider -- fixed or mobile -- is interfering with content.

BP and its partners made a series of cost-cutting decisions that ultimately contributed to the oil spill that ravaged the Gulf of Mexico coast over the summer, the White House oil spill commission said on Wednesday.

Microsoft Corp will introduce a version of its Windows software aimed squarely at catching up with rivals like Apple in the red-hot tablet market, taking a step away from a long-standing alliance with chipmaker Intel.

NEW YORK - It seems that the EMI/Beatles deal that finally brought the Fab Four's catalog to iTunes may be more groundbreaking than originally thought.

Some economists are warning that housing prices in general could double-dip and the price declines may accelerate in 2011.

House Republicans wasted no time in going after President Obama’s healthcare reforms of 2010.

Toyota Motor Corp, faltering from recalls, has fallen into a statistical tie with Ford Motor Co for tops in U.S. consumer brand perception, influential magazine Consumer Reports said on Wednesday.

Google Inc won a small battle in its larger war to make inroads into government contracting when a federal judge ordered the Interior Department to rethink a proposed bid for a contract for email services.

Toyota Motor Corp, faltering from recalls, has fallen into a statistical tie with Ford Motor Co for tops in U.S. consumer brand perception, influential magazine Consumer Reports said on Wednesday.

We are starting to see retail investors wade back into equities, given that the allure of bonds has virtually dried up and the economic recovery seems to have some traction.

Robert Gibbs, President Obama’s press secretary is leaving the White House. He will depart some time after the President’s State of the Union address on Jan. 25, the administration said today.