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Behind the Google Goggles, Virtual Reality
New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO ? It wasn't so long ago that legions of people began walking the streets, talking to themselves. On closer inspection, many of them turned out to be wearing tiny earpieces that connected wirelessly to their smartphones. What's next?
How Google Glasses Could Revolutionize Virtual AdvertisingForbes
Heads-Up from Google on its way Tech Talk Nick DeLorenzoWilkes Barre Times-Leader
Google 'smart glasses' reportedly launching this yearLos Angeles Times
Washington Post -Fox News -USA TODAY
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HP CEO pleads patience as earnings fall 44 percent
Wall Street Journal
AP NEW YORK ? Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Meg Whitman pleaded for patience Thursday as she described operational challenges and other internal problems that contributed to a decline in earnings at one of the world's largest technology companies.
Hewlett-Packard Profit Forecast Falls Short of Analyst EstimatesSan Francisco Chronicle
HP Revenue and Profit Fall; More Trouble Is ExpectedNew York Times
Hewlett-Packard Second-Quarter Profit Forecast Misses Estimates Amid SlumpBloomberg
PCWorld -Times of India
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Markets ease as focus moves to growth, oil prices
Reuters
* MSCI Asia ex-Japan falls 0.6 pct, Nikkei rises 0.5 pct * Dollar near 7-month high vs yen, euro slumbers * Oil off 9-month highs but Iran tension supports * European shares likely subdued By Chikako Mogi TOKYO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Asian shares and the ...
Asia stocks fall amid Greek debt deal doubts

Greek Bailout Leaves Europe on Road to Disaster: Clive Crook
Bloomberg
If Europe's new plan for Greece succeeds, nobody will be more surprised than the politicians who designed it. At best, the arrangement is a holding action, one that fails yet again to deal with the much larger confidence crisis facing the euro area.
Debt crisis: as it happened, February 22, 2012Telegraph.co.uk
Greece pores over bailout laws amid protestsReuters
Greece lowers recovery expectations, insists new bailout will 'bind' it to the ...Washington Post
BusinessWeek -New York Times
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AT&T CEO's 2011 Compensation Hurt By Failed T-Mobile Deal
NASDAQ
(RTTNews.com) - Telecommunications giant AT&T Inc.'s (T) chief executive officer Randall Stephenson's compensation in 2011 was reduced by $2 million, thanks to a failed attempt to buy T-Mobile USA, a regulatory filing showed.
AT&T CEO pay docked $2 millionCNN
AT&T's Chief Pays for Big Deal's FailureWall Street Journal
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Got Pay Cut for Failed T-Mobile DealBloomberg
Washington Post
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S&P 500 Gets 9% Cheaper as Record Profit Restores $3.2 Trillion
BusinessWeek
By Inyoung Hwang and Lu Wang Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Profits in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index are rising faster than its price, leaving the gauge 9 percent cheaper than it was in April even after American equities climbed within 6 points of last ...
S&P 500 Gets 9% Cheaper as Record Profit Restores $3.2 Trillion to StocksBloomberg
Weak euro zone data weighs on European sharesReuters
WSJ: European Stocks End Lower On Data, Greece SkepticismWall Street Journal
MarketWatch -San Francisco Chronicle -TheStreet.com
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Rising sales point to better year for housing
The Detroit News
By Derek Kravitz AP The national housing market is flashing signs of health ahead of the spring buying season, and Michigan is doing even better. Sales of previously occupied US homes are at their highest level since May 2010.
Home sales rise again, but prices fall to new lowChicago Tribune
Home sales pick upDaytona Beach News-Journal
Housing market sees rising salesThe Advocate
MarketWatch -Florida Today -STLtoday.com
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IRS Warns of Scams During Tax-filing Season
San Fernando Valley Sun
LOS ANGELES ? The Internal Revenue Service has issued its annual "Dirty Dozen" ranking of tax scams, reminding taxpayers to use caution during tax season to protect themselves against a wide range of schemes ranging from identity theft to return ...
Delays in delivery of tax refunds continue, tax pros sayUSA TODAY
Action Line: The Internal Revenue Service issues annual 'Dirty Dozen' ranking ...San Jose Mercury News
IRS releases annual 'Dirty Dozen' tax scamsGoErie.com
Reading Eagle -KCEN-TV -Forbes
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Consumer agency to review bank fees
The Advocate
By DANIEL WAGNER and CHRISTINA REXRODE AP business writers NEW YORK ? The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Wednesday that it will investigate bank overdraft fees, including how they are marketed and explained to customers.
Overdraft fees target of government probeAlbany Times Union
Why Debit-Card Overdraft Fees Are Under Scrutiny AgainBusinessWeek
Consumer-Finance Watchdog Probes Overdraft FeesABC News
Bloomberg
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Historic door-to-door retailer Fuller Brush files for bankruptcy protection
Washington Post
NEW YORK ? The Fuller Brush Man is calling ... on bankruptcy court. Fuller Brush Co. is filing for bankruptcy protection, decades after its fleet of salesmen popularized door-to-door selling in the US The company, known for its brushes, ...
Fuller Brush Goes Into Chapter 11Wall Street Journal
'I'm your Fuller Brush bankruptcy'New York Post
Fuller Brush Files for Bankruptcy Protection After 'Reboot'Bloomberg
San Francisco Chronicle
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