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Sharp predicts net profit it needs to win bank bailout: Kyodo
TOKYO - Cash-strapped Sharp Corp is predicting a net income of 15 billion yen ($188 million) for the next business year, part of a plan to return to the profit it needs to win a bailout from its main banks, Kyodo news reported on Tuesday.
UPDATE 1-Sharp predicts net profit it needs to win bank bailout-Kyodo
TOKYO, Sept 25 - Cash-strapped Sharp Corp is predicting a net income of 15 billion yen ($188 million) for the next business year, part of a plan to return to the profit it needs to win a bailout from its main banks, Kyodo news reported on Tuesday.
Foxconn reopens huge China factory after riot
TAIYUAN, China - A Chinese factory owned by iPhone assembler Foxconn resumed production on Tuesday after a riot involving 2,000 workers had forced it to close for 24 hours, in an incident that put Chinese labor conditions back under the microscope.
UPDATE 1-Foxconn reopens huge China factory after riot
TAIYUAN, China, Sept 25 - A Chinese factory owned by iPhone assembler Foxconn resumed production on Tuesday after a riot involving 2,000 workers had forced it to close for 24 hours, in an incident that put Chinese labour conditions back under the microscope.
YouTube-funded show makes first leap to network TV
SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. TV network ABC will in October start broadcasting a cooking show that began as part of YouTube's "Original Channels" initiative, the first such deal to take a YouTube-funded program to national TV.
UPDATE 1-Warner Music veteran Cohen to leave company
LOS ANGELES, Sept 24 - Warner Music Group executive Lyor Cohen will resign from the company this month after an eight-year tenure during which he steered the company through a revamp under new ownership and found success with artists from Cee Lo Green to Josh Groban.
YouTube-funded show makes first leap to network TV
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 24 - U.S. TV network ABC will in October start broadcasting a cooking show that began as part of YouTube's "Original Channels" initiative, the first such deal to take a YouTube-funded programme to national TV.
Actress Bonnie Franklin diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
LOS ANGELES, Sept 24 - Actress Bonnie Franklin, who starred as the harried single mother of two teenage girls on the 1970s and '80s television comedy "One Day at a Time," is being treated for pancreatic cancer, her family said in a statement on Monday.
Foxconn China plant closed after 2,000 riot
TAIYUAN, China/TAIPEI - About 2,000 Chinese employees of an iPhone assembly company fought a pitched battle into the early hours of Monday, forcing the huge electronics plant where they work to be shut down.
Huawei sees smartphones leading growth in consumer devices
SHENZHEN, China - Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world's sixth-biggest maker of mobile phones, is looking to its smartphones to outpace global growth rates and drive a consumer gadgets business that will rival its flagship telecoms gear in revenue.
Why I won’t be getting an iPhone 5
Don't get me wrong. I'm not abandoning the iPhone, or any smartphone — at least not yet. But the early-adopter instinct to upgrade to the newest device every year no longer applies. With viable 7-inch tablets starting to appear, this marks the beginning of the end of the smartphone’s dominance over our hearts and minds.