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The U.S. Department of Defense is scheduled to release on Tuesday its research findings and report examining the effects of repealing the 1993 Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.

Seagate' announcement that it has ended talks with private equity group over taking the company private is not exactly a surprise, an analyst with ThinkEquity said.

ThinkEquity has increased its profit estimates and price target on Apple Inc., saying that the recent expansion of iPad distribution in the U.S. and iPad's launch in more international markets, easing of supply constraints this quarter are strong positives for the company.

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), who has been found guilty of ethics violations, could become the congressman to be censured since 1983 if the full House of Representatives approves the punishment recommended by the congressional ethics committee.

CPI International, Inc. (CPII), which makes broadcast and wireless components, said it agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of private-equity firm Veritas Capital for about $525 million in cash.

Apple has acquired a 98-acre campus from PC giant Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) in Cupertino, California.

May be in next few years, touchpad screens will become obsolete and would be replaced by thought-pads. Researchers have found it is possible to manipulate complex visual images on a computer screen using only the mind.

Initial jobless claims were better-than-expected for the week ended Nov. 20, hitting levels that had not been seen since July 2008, the Labor Department said in a report.

SAP AG will be paying Oracle 1.3 billion in damages, one of the largest awards ever given in a copyright infringement suit.

Despite the tablet market getting crowded by each day, the demand for iPad continues to surge and could see rush orders as early as next week.

CODA Automotive, a California-based electric car and battery company, and The Hertz Corporation, the world's largest general use airport car rental brand, entered into a partnership making 100% all-electric CODA sedans available at select Southern California Hertz locations.

Even as scientists are warning that the increasing global warming could be a threat to aquatic species, NASA researchers have determined that Earth's largest lakes have warmed during the past 25 years in response to climate change.

Rare earth elements are not exactly rarefied minerals, but the rest of the world played into China's hands by going easy on their exploration and production as environmental priorities complicated a game they were already losing to China on the labor cost front.

Robert W. Baird upgraded shares of Sandisk, to 'outperform' from 'neutral', citing expectations of stable gross margin for 2011 and significantly better-than-seasonal NAND pricing for first half of 2011.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has given the 2011 Nissan Leaf a mileage rating of 99 miles per gallon (mpg); besides dubbing the electric car to be the best for fuel efficiency and the environment.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Pacific Sunwear of California, Focus Media Holding, Brocade Communications Systems, Jack in the Box, Nuance Communications, Healthways, Sanderson Farms, Motricity, RealNetworks, and FSI International.

Attachmate Corp, an investment group owned by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Bravo, said it will buy networking solutions company Novell, Inc. for about $2.2 billion.

Givenchy has filed a federal lawsuit against BCBG in California district alleging that their Nightingale bag has been copied and sold by BCBG as their Rembrandt bag, which results in trade infringement. The Givenchchy bag retailed for $2,175 whereas BCBG sold their bag for $118.

New York City could axe as many as 6,000 teachers working in its public schools and slash its budget by $350 million as part of belt tightening, an employment consultancy said in a release on Monday. Education experts have warned that teacher layoffs in New York City, which has not laid off teachers since 1976, will impact schools adversely by causing increase in the class sizes.

Airplanes do not look much like birds. But, according to a pair of engineers in California and South Africa, a bird's design could make an aircraft more fuel efficient.

Holomaxx Technologies Corp., a Can-Spam compliant bulk emailer, has accused Yahoo, Microsoft, Cisco Ironport Systems and Return Path of breaching the wiretapping and other communications laws and wrongly blocking the mass emails it sends on behalf of its clients from reaching intended recipients.