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It's not his top choice, but with the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks out of the picture, New Orleans point guard Chris Paul's new preferred choice are the Los Angeles Clippers, according to a report.

A new National Basketball Association era began in controversy as a blockbuster three-way trade that would have sent New Orleans Hornets All-Star guard Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers was vetoed by NBA Commissioner David Stern.

The teams involved in the Chris Paul blockbuster nixed by David Stern will appeal the decision, according to a report.

As we cast our eyes over the year that was, the computer tablet market across the world strikes one as having been the sort of space most affected by a constant stream of products, with each one trying to outdo the other, in terms of innovation, design, components and performance. At the end of it all, however, if you've played the waiting game, hoping that 2012 will be an even better year, here is a brief rundown of what to expect...

The All-Star may not be headed to Los Angeles just yet.

The ongoing feud between two fashion powerhouses - the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and the Camera Nationale dell Moda Italiana - continues, with the former rejecting a request by the Italian fashion council to cancel the final day of the 2012 New York Fashion Week.

Deutsche Bank continues to recommend investors to buy into Dell, Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and sell Hewlett-Packard, Co. (NYSE: HPQ), saying HP was expensive, compared to Dell on Enterprise Value (EV) and Free Cash Flow (FCF) metrics.

Apple, the world’s most valuable technology company, could double the number of iPads sold over the next year despite competition from new entrants, analysts say.

At a time when electric cars are beginning to steal the limelight from their gas-eating rivals, a new finding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) over General Motors' (NYSE:GM) electric vehicle, Chevrolet Volt, may likely question the safety of electric cars.

Get your walking shoes on because the biggest sales of the year are just hours away.

Cyber Monday is around the corner and with it comes a number of sizeable discounts on a whole lot of gadgets. Several top-notch retailers offer the convenience of shopping online for exciting items. Other prominent retailers like Dell, ThinkGeek and Sony are also expected to offer deals for their products on their Web sites.

WASHINGTON (TheWrap.com) - The Stop Online Piracy Act might be stopped before it ever gets online, as yet another influential voice has come out against it.

Taiwan's Acer Inc, the world's No.4 PC vendor by sales, expects its recent integration with Founder Technology and increased brand acceptance to help grow its China sales by between 20-25 percent next year, said the firm's head of China operations.

Apple and Intel both plan to axe the bulky optical drives, used for playing physical DVDs and CDs, from its future laptops. Is this the beginning of the end for the disc drive?

Teddy Forstmann, the 71-year-old beau of Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi, died of brain cancer on Sunday.

Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent won more of the emerging market for LTE wireless network technology in the third quarter, helped by their strong position in the United States, researcher Dell'Oro said.

BMO Capital Markets has raised its profit estimates for Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), a day after the PC maker reported better-than-expected third-quarter profits.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.4 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.3 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.4 percent at 1007 GMT.

The companies that are expected to see active trade on Wednesday are: Applied Materials, Dell, NetApp, Target Corp, Agilent Technologies, Abercrombie & Fitch, Limited Brands and Tyco International Ltd.

Dell Inc's quarterly revenue just missed Wall Street estimates, and the world's No. 3 personal computer maker warned that full-year revenue could be hurt by an industrywide shortage of hard drives.

The companies that are expected to see active trade on Tuesday are: Dell, Home Depot, Urban Outfitters, Wal-Mart Stores, Staples, TJX Companies, Jacobs Engineering Group, Autodesk and Agilent Technologies.