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Murdoch Throws in the Towel on China
The Fox media mogul has ended his 20-year campaign to conquer the Chinese media market
10 Apps to Help You Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
After you’ve finished working off your New Year’s Eve hangover, it’s time to get started on your resolutions. You let your goals slide in 2013 because you thought surviving the apocalypse on Dec. 21, 2012 was accomplishment
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China Tycoon Wants To Buy New York Times
Recycling magnate Chen Guangbiao believes Sulzberger family will sell for the “right price”
Apple CEO Docked His Own Pay By $4 Million
Tim Cook urged the board to align his compensation with the company’s underperforming stock
Peak Season for Gadget Trade-ins: Best Time for Buying or Selling Old Electronics?
After a huge spree of new device purchases around the holidays, a flood of older gadgets flood the resale and trade-in market.
Why 3D Printing Is Turning Out to Be Risky
In a year when investors were willing to make speculative trades in emerging technologies, one of the hottest areas was (and continues to be) 3D printing. While recent rallies in the sector have yielded gains – with stocks rising …
Boycotts, Petitions, Protests, Oh My: The Year in Consumer Outrage
In TIME’s year-end wrap-up for 2011, consumer outrage was highlighted as a hot trend. A couple years later, consumers only seem to be more outraged—and savvier about getting their voices heard.
Apple’s China Mobile Pact Opens Massive New iPhone Market
China Mobile is the world’s largest wireless carrier with 760 million subscribers
AT&T Follows Verizon With Plans For Transparency Report
The telecom titan says it does not allow any government agency to “connect directly” to its network to snoop on customers
These Are the 20 Retailers Still Offering Free (or Cheap) Shipping Guaranteed for Christmas
Attention last-minute shoppers: There’s still time—but not a whole lot!—to make online purchases that qualify for free (or discounted) shipping, and yes, the goods should arrive in time for them to be placed under the tree on …
How BlackBerry Went From World’s Hottest Tech Company to a Punchline
BlackBerry says it’s struck a deal to build low-cost digital handsets at Foxconn