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LAS VEGAS — Is Palm up or Palm down? The answer depends on how well consumers receive the slick new Palm Pre smartphone the company introduced Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The early buzz has to cheer the company. Palm's stock closed at $4.45 on the news, up nearly 35%. "This keeps Palm in the game," says Creative Strategies President Tim Bajarin, an industry analyst. A smartphone pioneer with its Treo, Palm has fallen on tough times against rivals such as Research In Motion's BlackBerry and Apple's iPhone. When Pre launches with exclusive U.S. carrier Sprint in the first half of 2009, it will be the first phone to run Palm's new operating system, called WebOS, under development for well over a year. No pricing for the hardware has been set. "We're extremely enthusiastic about this device," Sprint... [read full story]
AFP - Investors dumped shares in alarm on Friday, sending markets plunging as fears of debt defaults bred fresh concern for the world economy after Dubai's shock request to suspend major loan repayments.
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Thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada, a local northern company will receive funding to help improve communities in the Northwest Territories. On behalf of the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources,...
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