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Facebook sues 'knock-off' German site
Facebook filed an intellectual property lawsuit against StudiVZ, a German company that it has accused of running a "knock-off" of the social networking website
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VMware in stock-option repricing move
VMware, the software maker, has moved to prevent a potential exodus of talent by repricing employee stock options that have lost much of their value following a steep drop in the company's share price
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Legg Mason to back Yahoo's board
Yahoo won an important supporter in its fight against activist investor Carl Icahn as Bill Miller, Legg Mason's chief investment officer, said he expected to back the existing board at the company's annual meeting on August 1
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Sony Ericsson to slash staff numbers
The mobile phone group reported a sharp drop in profits to ?8m as its focus on high-end handsets left it exposed to a European slowdown
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Tech arch-rivals profits disappoint
Worries that an economic slowdown was starting to eat into profits at both Google and Microsoft hit shares of the tech industry arch-rivals late after each reported quarterly earnings that fell short of most analysts' estimates
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AMD replaces chief after losses
Advanced Micro Devices replaced Hector Ruiz, its chief executive, as it reported its seventh successive -quarter of losses and fell further behind its larger rival Intel
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Intel hit by fresh EU allegations
In latest twist in a long-running antitrust probe, regulators allege the world's largest chipmaker used rebates to persuade a retailer to sell only Intel-based PCs
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Online ad group adds to sector's worries
Fears about a slowdown in online advertising and e-commerce reverberated after ValueClick, which runs the largest independent online advertising network, pre-announced weak earnings and slashed forecasts for the rest of the year
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Ebay slips 7% as key measures decline
Shares in Ebay slipped 7 per cent after it reported a deterioration in some key measures of how its online markets performed in the second quarter of this year
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Intel profits excel in second quarter
World's biggest chip-maker reports revenues of $9.5bn, well ahead of Wall Street expectations, and gives an optimistic view of the second half of the year
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