France Telecom first half net profit up 45 pct
PARIS — France Telecom SA said Thursday that first half net profit rose 45 percent due to a one-off gain, although revenue and margins were eroded by regulatory costs and competition in the home market in France.
Net profit in the six months to the end of June [...]

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Taiwan chipmaker TSMC says profit up 65 percent
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest contract chipmaker, said its second quarter profit jumped 65 percent year-on-year amid strong worldwide demand for electronic goods.
Net profit for the April-June period was a record 40.3 billion New Taiwan dollars ($1.3 billion) on consolidated revenue of NT$105 [...]

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Toshiba returns to the black in April-June quarter
TOKYO — Toshiba Corp. returned to the black last quarter thanks to a recovery in global demand for flash memory chips used in smartphones and digital cameras.
The Japanese conglomerate — whose vast business ranges from household appliances to nuclear power systems — said Thursday its net profit was [...]

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Report: Easing of FBI Internet access sought
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration reportedly wants to make it easier for the FBI to obtain records on individual Internet activities without first obtaining a court order when it involves terrorism or intelligence investigations.
The Washington Post reported on its website Wednesday night that the administration wants to add to [...]

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Indian outsourcer HCL quarterly profit up 6.9 pct
MUMBAI, India — Indian outsourcer HCL Technologies Ltd. said quarterly profit grew 6.9 percent in dollar terms, beating expectations on strong global demand for software services despite weaker European currencies and rising staff costs.
A war for talent among India’s outsourcers is pinching margins as companies offer [...]

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Softbank profits fall in April-June on heavy taxes
TOKYO — Softbank Corp., which runs the only Japanese mobile carrier to offer the iPhone and iPad, said Thursday that its businesses prospered during the April-June quarter, but net profit fell 29 percent as it booked large tax expenses.
The Tokyo-based Internet and communications conglomerate said it [...]

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WikiLeaks fallout: Tighter access to US secrets?
WASHINGTON — Call it the big information chill, looming across the military and intelligence communities. After the massive Afghan war data spill by WikiLeaks, some veteran intelligence officers and experts are calling for a tightening of access to information and more monitoring in the spy community’s lower levels.
They’re blaming [...]

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Playstation, TVs boost Sony to $294 million profit
TOKYO — Sony bounced back to profit last quarter and raised its full-year earnings forecast, fueled by stronger demand for its PlayStation 3 gaming consoles, personal computers and televisions.
The Tokyo-based electronics and entertainment giant said Thursday it booked a net profit of 25.7 billion yen — [...]

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BSkyB Q4 net profit up nearly fourfold
LONDON — British Sky Broadcasting’s profit nearly quadrupled in its fourth quarter, the satellite broadcaster said Thursday as it announced an exclusive deal to carry new Home Box Office programming in the U.K.
BSkyB reported a profit of 336 million pounds ($525 million) in the three months ending June 30, [...]

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Panasonic buying out Sanyo, Panasonic Electric
TOKYO — Panasonic is planning to take 100 percent ownership of its subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works in a move costing up to $9.4 billion to strengthen green businesses such as electric cars and solar panels.
Panasonic Corp., Japan’s biggest consumer electronics maker, said in a statement [...]

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Symantec fiscal 1Q net income more than doubles
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Symantec Corp. said Wednesday that its fiscal first-quarter net income more than doubled, but revenue missed Wall Street’s expectations in part because corporate customers were still cautious about spending on technology.
Symantec also projected fiscal second-quarter results below analyst estimates, and investors sent shares of [...]

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Akamai picks digital ad veteran as next president
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Akamai Technologies Inc., which makes Web traffic management technology, said Wednesday that David W. Kenny will take the job as company president starting Sept. 7.
Currently, CEO Paul Sagan is also Akamai’s president.
Kenny, 48, has been member of Akamai’s board since 2007.
He was most recently managing [...]

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Amazon hopes new Kindles stoke sales
SEATTLE — Amazon.com hopes to entice consumers with a new smaller, lighter version of its Kindle e-reader, which can wirelessly download e-books over 3G cellular networks, and a cheaper Wi-Fi-only version.
Amazon says that it will start shipping the latest Kindle to customers on Aug. 27. It is 21 percent smaller [...]

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Amazon CEO hopes new Kindles stoke sales
SEATTLE — Jeff Bezos isn’t just confident you’ll want a Kindle e-book reader. The CEO of Amazon.com is bracing for a future in which you’ll also want ones for your kid heading to college, your spouse in a book club and perhaps even Grandpa.
And despite increased competition [...]

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Summary Box: Amazon hopes new Kindles stoke sales
KINDLE GETS UPDATED: Amazon will start selling a smaller, lighter version of its Kindle electronic reader that can download books wirelessly over 3G cellular networks and over Wi-Fi for $189. A Wi-Fi-only version will cost $139.
PRICE COMPARISONS: The $139 Kindle will be $10 cheaper than Barnes [...]

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The Evolving Science of Cancer Stem Cells by Carmen Phillips, NCI Cancer Bulletin 2010(Jul 27); 7(15). Excerpt:
Researchers from Stanford University earlier this month reported in Nature that they had found a marker, CD271, that identified a somewhat unique population of cells that could produce melanoma in highly immunocompromised mice; anywhere from 2.5 percent to 41 [...]

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Australian scientists from the Monash Institute of Medical Research have “reprogrammed” adult mouse fat cells and neural cells to become stem cells that can differentiate into a variety of different cells (pluripotency). The cells, called “induced pluripotent stem cells” (iPS), are nearly identical to the naturally occurring pluripotent stems cells, such as embryonic stem cells, [...]

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In a world first, scientists have coaxed stem cells in live rabbits to rebuild the bone and cartilage of a missing leg joint, according to a new study.

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International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB:ISCO), www.internationalstemcell.com, via its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lifeline Cell Technology® (Lifeline) www.lifelinecelltech.com, and Sristi Biosciences, www.sristibio.com, have entered into a distribution agreement for the Lifeline® brand of human cell culture products in India.

Lifeline specializes in development, manufacture and distribution of primary human cells and media and growth factors for optimized culturing of [...]

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OCEANSIDE, Calif. & HYDERABAD, India—-International Stem Cell Corporation , www.internationalstemcell.com, via its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lifeline Cell Technology® www.lifelinecelltech.com, and Sristi Biosciences, www.sristibio.com, have entered into a distribution agreement for the Lifeline® brand of human cell …

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