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Why do wireless carriers give preference to Android smartphones over Apple iPhone?

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Apple's iPad is a product that has decimated competition like no other. Android OS-based rivals and challengers in the tablet sphere have bit dust big time when they had to face down the Apple iPad high winds. However, the same is not happening in smartphone segment. The wireless carriers appear to be preferring Android smartphones to Apple iPhones for a variety of reasons, making it challenging for Apple to tip the scale in their favor.
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Leonard Green, CVC to submit bid for BJ's Wholesale

Private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners said it has teamed up with CVC Capital Partners to submit a proposal to buy BJ's Wholesale Club Inc , the latest in a flurry of deal activity in discount retail.
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Macy's, Union Reach Tentative Deal to Avoid Strike

With a midnight strike deadline looming, Macy's and Local 1-S of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), the union representing workers in four New York stores, reached a tentative five-year agreement to avoid a strike.
Ron Johnson (C), Senior Vice President of Retail Apple, speaks to the media at the company's retail store in the Carrousel du Louvre shopping center in Paris November 5, 2009.

Departure of Apple retail chief not fatal

The genius behind Apple's successful retail venture will head to JC Penny in an attempt to recreate the magic at the ailing department store, but Apple shouldn't worry analysts say.
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Penney snags Apple retail executive as next CEO

J.C. Penney Co Inc is bringing in the man who oversaw Apple Inc's wildly successful foray into retail stores to be its next chief executive and help speed up the department store chain's turnaround.
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JPMorgan shuffles top retail bank executives

- JPMorgan Chase & Co shuffled several retail banking executives, signaling Chief Executive Jamie Dimon's determination to rebuild the bank's profits and elevate in-house talent to high-profile roles.
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Apple's head of retail to become Penney CEO

Department store chain J.C. Penney Co Inc is bringing in the man who oversaw Apple Inc's wildly successful foray into bricks and mortar stores as its new chief executive, news that sent Penney shares up 17 percent.

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