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- Apple OS X Mountain Lion Coming This Summer
- Samsung Product Manager: TVs Are About Picture Quality
- Netflix Streams ‘Lillyhammer,’ Its First Original Series
- It’s Still the Economy, Stupid
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Tag Archives: Business
Samsung Product Manager: TVs Are About Picture Quality
Samsung AV product manager Chris Moseley, talking to UK gadget review site Pocket-lint, about the possibility of an Apple television and what it might mean competitively: “TVs are ultimately about picture quality. Ultimately. How smart they are … great, but … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Tech
Tagged Apple, Apple TV, Brian Ford, Business, Chris Moseley, John Gruber, Pocket-lint, Samsung, tech, TV
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Hawker Beechcraft Keeping An Eye on Employment Levels in Kansas
We dodged a bullet here in Little Rock. But eventually, airplane manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft announced plans to cut 300 employees. In Kansas, where the company has its headquarters, state and county officials are keeping a close eye on Hawker’s employment … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, economic development, Hawker Beechcraft, incentives, Kansas
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Businessweek on Apple’s Master of the Supply Chain
In Bloomberg Businessweek this week: About five years ago, Apple (AAPL) design guru Jony Ive decided he wanted a new feature for the next MacBook: a small dot of green light above the screen, shining through the computer’s aluminum casing … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Bloomberg Businessweek, Business, design, Jony Ive, MacBook, tech
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Poll: Bank of America Customers Most Likely to Leave
Poll: Bank of America customers most likely to leave: Some 9% of people with Bank of America accounts were “not at all likely” to continue to use the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank, the survey, scheduled to be released Thursday, shows. That … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank of America, banks, Business, JP Morgan Chase, Regions, Wells Fargo
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That ‘Slow, Steady’ Economic Recovery
I feel as if I sound like a broken record. Every time I’m on “Arkansas Week” just out in the world and get asked about this moribund economy. What’s the prognosis? they ask. And I say, again, that judging by … Continue reading
Posted in Arkansas Business, Business, Politics
Tagged Arkansas Week, Business, economy, Michael Pakko, UALR
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Frommer: The Trouble with ‘Apps As TV Channels’
Dan Frommer lays out the myriad obstacles to the “Apps As TV Channels” model everyone is talking about. Bottom line: The people running TV networks are not dummies. They may be slow to adopt new technology, but they’re not stupid. … Continue reading
Wal-Mart Ending 24-hour Operations at Some Stores
From the Citizen-Times in Asheville, N.C.: At select locations in some markets, the nation’s largest retailer has ditched its round-the-clock, 24-hour schedule, closing some stores from midnight to 6 a.m. Cities like Montgomery, Ala., Fayetteville, N.C., and Baltimore have watched … Continue reading