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Activision Blizzard: Dutifully Answering Call For Better Margins, Growth

Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg speaks during the premiere of the video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" in Los Angeles
Pity Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) at your own peril. The world's fastest growing video game maker suffers from the sort of unenviable problems most companies pray for. Its 37 percent growth rate over the last three years, with 2011 revenue topping $4.8 billion, earned it No. 185 on IBT 1000, a proprietary list created by the International Business Times of the top 1,000 fastest growing companies in the world.
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Google Search to become smarter

Google Revamps Search to Resemble ‘How Humans Understand the World’

Google is in for a major retooling of its search engine, aiming to make big changes in how it searches the Web. While traditional Internet search technologies recognize keywords typed into query boxes and deliver links to seemingly relevant Web sites, Google plans to do more than that – understand what people are actually searching for.
Apple

Apple Shares Rise As New iPad Sales Begin

Shares of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) recovered after plunging in the first hour of trading as sales of its latest iPad brought lines to its U.S. retail stores and wireless company outlets.
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Facebook Summons Wall Street For Pre-IPO Briefing

Facebook Inc is taking the next step on its IPO journey and has summoned research analysts from Wall Street banks to its Menlo Park headquarters early next week for a pre-roadshow briefing to discuss the finer points of its business and books.
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Gwen Stefani Joins Twitter, Posts Photos From The 1980s For Fans [PHOTOS]

Gwen Stefani is the most recent celebrity to hop on the Twitter train. The singer and mother of two joined the social network on Wednesday, posting her first tweet with her handle, @gwenstefani: @nodoubt I know how I'm gonna celebrate! By making music today with @TonyKanal @TomDumontND @AdrianYoungND.
RIP Michael Hossack: Doobie Brothers’ Drummer Dies At 65

Doobie Brothers Michael Hossack: 5 Things To Know About The Late Drummer's Musical Career

Doobie Brothers drummer Michael Hossack died of cancer at the age of 65 on March 12, 2012. Hassock played in the band in from 1971 to 1973, and later from 1987 to 2012 for series of benefit concerts and reunion shows. The Paterson, New Jersey native almost chose a different line of work from music. Here are five things to know about his history with music and the Doobies.

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