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Apple Settles Over New iPad '3' Advertising In Australia, Pays $2.25 Million For Misleading '4G LTE' Ads

Apple has been officially reprimanded over its misleading advertising in Australia of the term 4G for new iPad 3. No considerable penalty here: According to The Australian, Apple has agreed to a $2.25 million settlement in Australian courts after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) won a battle alleging the Cupertino, Calif.-based company misled customers about the new iPad's touted features.

Facebook Shares Rise On Early ComScore Data

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Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social networking site, rose sharply Friday trading after a preliminary report by comScore (Nasdaq: SCOR) that its advertisements are effective.
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JCPenney Ad Features Gay Dads For Father?s Day, Celebrates The Modern Family

JCPenney knows that family does not have a rigid definition. In fact, the idea of a family in the twenty-first century is something completely malleable and evolutionary. Thus, JCPenney does not find the need to showcase one sort of familial unit. The department store features them all. So in a new Father's Day ad, JCPenney featured a same sex couple, two fathers, playing with their children.
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Facebook Phone: How Mark Zuckerberg Could Beat iOS, Android With A Truly Social Smartphone

Since Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook in 2004, the social network has become one of the most important centerpieces in society, especially as it becomes increasingly digital and mobile. Yet, the value of Facebook has not yet translated to revenue dollars. That may change, however, if Facebook decides to build its first-ever piece of hardware: A Facebook smartphone.
Tobacco can be used as a natural pesticide which is good news for farmers who have seen sales drop due to public health concerns. (Photo credit: The Goldsboro News-Argus)

California Tobacco Tax Measure Risks Going Up In Smoke

Health-conscious Californians may mostly oppose smoking for its costs to public health and the economy but an aggressive tobacco industry campaign and general anti-tax sentiment may block a measure to raise taxes on smokers.
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Stevia: Miracle Sweetener May Have A Sour Note

The meteoric rise of a natural, healthy alternative to sugar - a holy grail for the food industry - might just be a little too good to be true. In two years stevia, a plant used for centuries by Paraguay's Guarani Indians, has shot to prominence in products by Coca-Cola, Danone and Merisant.
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General Motors Won't Advertise During 2013 Super Bowl

The General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM), the largest U.S. automaker, said Friday it will not advertise during the broadcast of the 2013 Super Bowl as it shifts its advertising strategy, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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J.C. Penney Stock Suffers Worst Drop Ever, 20%

J.C. Penney Co Inc shares plunged nearly 20 percent on Wednesday, their worst decline ever, wiping away $1.43 billion in market value a day after the retailer shocked Wall Street with a much worse-than-expected drop in sales and by scrapping its dividend.

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