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Nokia, the world’s largest maker of mobile phones, said Tuesday that it planned to eliminate нфШс-РЈРΜРЅРΜРҐР¶РΜСЂ,700 jobs, roughly 3 percent of its work force, as demand for phones continued to sag.
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The company, which is based in Espoo, Finland, said 700 workers would be laid off in Finland and the [...]

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WAIBLINGEN, Germany — A teenage gunman who killed himself and 15 people on Wednesday in a rampage that began at his former school had apparently signaled his plans on an Internet chat room hours before embarking on the murderous spree, German officials said Thursday, as a portrait of a troubled and depressed youth began [...]

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Wal-Mart Stores is striding into the market for electronic health records, seeking to bring the technology into the mainstream for physicians in small offices, where most of America’s doctors practice medicine.
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Wal-Mart’s move comes as the Obama administration is trying [...]

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Thomson Reuters will announce on Tuesday an ambitious new video-on-demand service for its financial services clients, with thousands of searchable videos and transcripts on a range of topics, hoping to become a one-stop source for business people.
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PARIS — The broadband race is on.
As policy makers haggle over how to revive ailing economies, one strategy has found widespread support in places as varied as Washington, Berlin, Sydney and Seoul: investing in high-speed Internet access.
In recent weeks, Britain, Canada, Finland, Germany, Portugal, Spain and the United States have included [...]

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SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft plans to open its own stores despite the economic downturn that has left many retailers struggling.
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The company said Thursday that it had hired David Porter, a 25-year veteran of Wal-Mart Stores, as its corporate [...]

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SAN FRANCISCO — Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, is vowing to spend more money than ever before on new manufacturing technology despite a sharp downturn in its profits.
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The company is holding itself up as a model for others in the United States by increasing capital spending during [...]

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Public Service Electric and Gas, New Jersey’s largest utility, said it would unveil a five-year, one-of-a-kind plan on Tuesday to install solar panels on 200,000 utility poles in its service territory.
The project, which the utility must first present to state regulators for approval, would also include putting solar panels on schools and municipal buildings, [...]

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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp. said it will cut 20,000 workers worldwide as it tries to stanch widening losses from semiconductors and other businesses that have been hard hit by competition and the global economic slump.
NEC’s net loss for October-December swelled to 130 billion yen ($1.46 billion) from [...]

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Sprint Nextel Corporation, the wireless provider, said Monday that it would eliminate about 8,000 jobs, or about 14 percent of its work force, in the first quarter as it seeks to cut annual costs by $1.2 billion.
The company said Monday it will complete the layoffs largely by March 31. About [...]

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