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Hu visits U.S. heartland to tout business ties

Chinese President Hu Jintao took his political roadshow to the U.S. heartland on Friday, visiting Chicago to highlight business and cultural ties between the world's two largest economies.

Google, Yahoo In Very Different Places

The changes at Google have been compared to those at another Internet giant, Yahoo!. But beyond the fact that a founder took over as CEO, the companies are in very different positions.

Google’s newly announced CEO Larry Page will face challenges from Facebook, Apple

The main challenge that is going to grip Page is going to be the confrontation with Facebook, the world’s largest networking site which is closing in on 1 billion users. And another competitor would be Apple in terms of mobile advertising. Recently Facebook was in the new about the challenge it posses over Google in terms of advertising.
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Google rules search ad market: report

Google Inc. has extended its dominance in the worldwide search advertising market amid challenges from Microsoft’s Bing and rising competitive obstacles in fast-growing regions, says a report from IHS iSuppli.

U.S., Chinese companies to meet with Hu and Obama

Executives from General Electric, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Coca-Cola, Boeing, Intel and Carlyle Group will be among U.S. business leaders at a meeting on Wednesday hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama with Chinese President Hu Jintao, a White House official said.

U.S. executives to meet China's Hu in Washington

Chinese President Hu Jintao and President Barack Obama will meet with U.S. and Chinese business leaders at the White House on Wednesday to discuss ways to expand trade and investment opportunities, with the U.S. executives seeking deals to tap into China's economic growth.

Deals, yuan in focus as China's Hu visits U.S.

Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in the United States on Tuesday for a four-day state visit peppered by U.S. complaints about Beijing's currency policies but sweetened by some $8.5 billion in business deals.

Google tops paid search ad rankings

Google continued to outpace Yahoo-Bing alliance in capturing dollars spend on search advertising, according to the latest report from SearchIgnite.

What happens to Apple without Steve Jobs?

It has been a long journey since Steve Jobs came up with the name Apple Computers but the company now known as Apple has become synonymous with the man. Pundits have often predicted that Apple will fail without having Jobs at the helm.

Google Doc to allow users to upload videos too

Over the next few weeks Google will be rolling out the option to upload, store and organize any type of file in Google Docs and with this change one would be able to upload and access file from any computer, said a Google blog post.
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Android To Grow More Than Twice Its Rivals in 2011

Google's mobile operating system Android will continue to grow at more than twice the rate of its major smart phone competitors in 2011, according to a latest estimate from market research firm Canalys.

Infosys Q3 net profit up 14 pct, misses Street view

India’s second biggest software services company Infosys Technologies Ltd reported a 14 percent rise in its third-quarter net profit missing analysts expectations, sending its shares down by more than 4 percent.

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