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| Thu. |
European Union |
EU hits Intel with fresh charges
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Gore challenges US to ditch oil
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| Jul. 16 |
Washington |
US inflation rate at 26-year high
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| Jul. 13 |
Washington |
US moves to bolster lending firms
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| Jul. 11 |
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Mortgage firms' shares slump Shares in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have fallen by more than 40% in early trading amid concerns for the future of the companies
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| Jun. 30 |
New York |
Oil price surges above $143 a barrel
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| Jun. 25 |
South Korea |
South Korea lifts ban on US beef South Korea has formally lifted an import ban, allowing meat from young cattle to be shipped into the country
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| Jun.18 |
Washington |
| Bush calls for offshore drilling President George W Bush has called on Congress to end a 27-year ban on drilling for oil in coastal waters, to reduce dependence on imports
| Jun.6 |
New York |
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Oil price soars as US woes mount The price of oil has made a record jump to nearly $139 a barrel, gaining more than $10 - its biggest-ever one-day rise
| May.22 |
New York |
Oil soars to new record over $135
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Police entered YFZ compound
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| Mar.18 |
Washington |
Federal Reserve slashes rates by 0.75
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| Feb.1 |
Microsoft |
Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo
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| Jan.28 |
U.S. Congress |
Bush addresses US economy fears
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Heath Ledger found dead
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| Thu. |
European Union |
EU hits Intel with fresh charges European regulators have filed fresh charges against the world's biggest computer chip maker over alleged abuse of its dominant market posi...
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Gore challenges US to ditch oil The Nobel laureate and ex-VP has urged Americans to abandon electricity generated by fossil fuels within a decade
| Jul. 16 |
Washington |
US inflation rate at 26-year high The inflation accelerated by 1.1%, at the fastest rate in 26 years in June, fuelled higher by surging energy prices
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| Jul. 15 |
Washington |
Fed boss warns of growth 'risks'
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| Jul. 14 |
Washington |
| Bush lifts ban on offshore oil drilling |
| Jul. 13 |
Washington |
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US moves to bolster lending firms The government has announced sweeping measures to shore up the nation's largest mortgage finance companies, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
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| U. S. Midwest |
| Anheuser-Busch agrees to InBev sale |
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| San Francisco Bay Area |
| Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer |
| Jul. 11 |
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Mortgage firms' shares slump |
| Jul. 7 |
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| Coca-Cola defends Olympics deal |
| Jul. 3 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
| Google must divulge YouTube log |
| Jun. 30 |
Southern California |
| Hollywood actors mull pay offer |
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| New York |
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Oil price surges above $143 a barrel Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose $3.31 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, by midday in Europe
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| France |
| Court fines eBay over fake goods |
| Jun. 25 |
South Korea |
South Korea lifts ban on US beef |
| Jun.21 |
Saudi Arabia |
U.S.: Oil production has not met demand
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| South Korea |
| U.S., South Korea strike on beef sales |
| Jun.19 |
FBI |
| FBI holds 406 for mortgage fraud |
| Jun.18 |
Washington |
| Bush calls for offshore drilling
| Jun.17 |
Los Angeles |
| Musical star Charisse dies |
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| Firefox aims for download record |
| Jun.16 |
New York |
| Oil at record near $140 a barrel |
| Jun.12 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
| Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal |
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Major Guantanamo setback for Bush
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| Jun.9 |
Washington |
| Danger of US downturn 'has faded' |
| Jun.6 |
New York |
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Oil price soars as US woes mount
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| US unemployment rate reaches 5.5% |
| May.22 |
New York |
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Oil soars to new record over $135 The price of oil is more than twice what it cost a year ago. The latest surge was driven by fallen US supplies of crude
| May.3 |
Microsoft |
Microsoft walks away from Yahoo
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| May.1 |
Washington |
Bush offers $770m for food crisis
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| Apr.30 |
Washington |
| Further cut in interest rates |
| Apr.18 |
New York |
| Crude hits record $117 per barrel |
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Citigroup sees second giant loss
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| Apr.17 |
South Korea |
S Korea 'due to lift US beef ban'
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| Apr.9 |
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| American Airlines grounds flights |
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| San Francisco Bay Area |
| Google and Yahoo to share web ads |
| Apr.8 |
Washington |
| IMF may sell 400 tons of gold |
| Apr.5 |
Southern California |
| Hollywood legend Charlton Heston dead |
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Police entered YFZ compound
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| Mar.31 |
Washington |
| US plans finance system overhaul |
| Mar.18 |
Washington |
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Federal Reserve slashes rates by 0.75 The Federal Reserve has cut US interest rates to 2.25% to restore confidence to nervous financial markets and boost the ailing economy
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| Washington |
| US admits economy is in downturn |
| Mar.17 |
New York |
Markets slump on banking worries
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| Mar.16 |
New York |
JPMorgan to acquire Bear Stearns
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| Mar.14 |
New York |
| Bear Stearns gets emergency funds |
| Mar.13 |
New York |
| Gold hits $1,000 for first time |
| Mar.11 |
European Union |
Central banks plan emergency cash
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| Feb.29 |
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Boeing loses out in $40bn US deal
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| Feb.27 |
European Union |
EU fines Microsoft record $1.4bn
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| Feb.12 |
Venezuela |
| Exxon Mobil cut off from Venezuela's oil |
| Feb.1 |
Microsoft |
Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company for $44.6bn in cash and shares. The offer is 62% above Yahoo's closing share price
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| Jan.28 |
U.S. Congress |
| Bush addresses US economy fears President George W Bush has urged Americans to have confidence in the economy in the long-term, as he gives his final State of the Union add...
| Jan.25 |
Switzerland |
| Bill Gates new project: Farming |
| Jan.24 |
U.S. Congress |
Deal reached on US economic plan
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Heath Ledger found dead
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| Japan |
| Asian markets rally after US cut |
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| Washington |
| Fed slashes rates in shock move |
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| New York |
| Market panic as world stocks slump |
| Jan.18 |
Washington |
| Bush calls for economic stimulus package |
| Dec.12 |
Washington |
| Central banks act on credit fears |
| Dec.6 |
Washington |
| Bush details housing rescue plan |
| Nov.13 |
China |
| Yahoo settles dissidents suit |
| Nov.4 |
New York |
| World's biggest bank's boss quits |
| Oct.7 |
Costa Rica |
| Costa Rica supports US trade deal |
| Sep.7 |
California |
| Mortgage lender Countrywide slashes jobs |
| Sep.4 |
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| Thousands of Mattel toys recalled |
| Aug.31 |
Washington |
| Federal Reserve in rate cut hint |
| Aug.17 |
New York |
| US rate cut boosts global markets |
| Aug.10 |
London |
| Central banks pour money into system |
| Aug.9 |
New York |
World markets fall after US losses | The markets have faltered in early trading a day after markets in NY and London suffered losses amid fears of a global credit crunch
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| New York |
Mortgage concerns hit US markets The share indexes tumbled amid fears that a wobble in the mortgage market may prompt a global credit crunch. Dow Jones fell 199.24
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| Aug.1 |
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| Chinese-made toys recalled in US |
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Bridge collapses into Mississippi
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| Jul.31 |
New York |
| Murdoch wins Dow Jones battle |
| Jul.8 |
Seattle |
| Boeing unveils Dreamliner plane |
| Mar.6 |
New Jersey |
Mega Millions sets new world record
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| Feb.27 |
New York |
Dow Jones loses 416
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Former Playmate Smith dies at 39
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| Jan.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Apple's 'magical' iPhone unveiled
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| Dec.28 |
Washington |
| US body backs sale of cloned food |
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Soul star James Brown dies at 73
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U.N. slaps sanctions on North Korea
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| Oct.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
| Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn |
| Oct.3 |
New York |
| Dow hits record |
| Jul.13 |
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Record oil price of $78.40 per barrel Due in part to N. Korea's missile launches, Middle East Crisis, Iranian nuclear brinkmanship
| Apr.21 |
New York |
Oil breaks through record $75
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| Mar.9 |
United Arab Emirates |
| Dubai firm to 'transfer' US ports |
| Dec.20 |
New York |
Strike shuts down NYC transit system
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| Sep.15 |
New Orleans |
| Bush vows 'biggest relief effort' |
| Sep.7 |
U.S. Congress |
| Bush seeks $50bn hurricane relief |
| Aug.19 |
Texas |
| Merck punished for faulty drug |
| Jun.27 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
| File-sharing suffers major defeat |
| Mar.16 |
Washington |
| Wolfowitz to run World Bank |
| Dec.23 |
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| Battered dollar hits another low |
| Nov.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
| Mozilla Firefox browser launched |
| Oct.22 |
New York |
Oil price rises above $55 a barrel
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| Sep.27 |
New York |
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Oil rises to $50 Rising tension in Nigeria has pushed U.S. crude oil futures to the psychological level
| Aug.20 |
New York |
| Oil nears key $50-a-barrel mark |
| Mar.5 |
New York |
Jury finds Martha Stewart guilty
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Janet Jackson revealing breast
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| Dec.23 |
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| Mad cow disease confirmed |
| Dec.9 |
Iraq |
Iraq tenders 'only for US allies'
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Rich-poor divide derails WTO talks
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| Sep.7 |
Washington |
Bush to ask 87 billions more for Iraq
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| Aug.27 |
Washington |
| Bremer: Iraq effort to cost tens of billions |
| Aug.21 |
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| SoBig.F breaks virus speed records |
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Schwarzenegger to run for governor
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| Apr.28 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
| Apple launches online music service |
| Jan.29 |
New York |
| AOL TW Posts Loss of Nearly $100 Billion |
| Oct.9 |
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Nasdaq fell to 1,114
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| New York |
Dow fell to 7,286
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| Jul.24 |
New York |
Dow saw its second-biggest gain ever
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| Jul.19 |
New York |
| Dow down 4.6% to 8,019 |
| Jul.8 |
U.S. Congress |
| Bush wants new laws on corporate abuse |
| Jun.25 |
New York |
| WorldCom in accounting trouble, cut jobs |
| Dec.2 |
Texas |
| Enron in bankruptcy filing Energy-trading company filed for Chapter 11 protection
| Nov.25 |
Boston |
| Human embryo clone created |
| Nov.2 |
Washington |
| Microsoft reaches anti-trust deal |
| Oct.23 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
| iPod: New digital music player |
| Sep.17 |
New York |
Wall Street reopens, Stocks plummet Dow Jones was down by 600 points or 6% and the Nasdaq by 5%. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.5% to 3%
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Terror attacks hit U.S.
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| Nov.15 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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World News Atlas started Features World headlines linked to news articles
| May.4 |
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'I love you' virus disrupts computers
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| Apr.4 |
Washington |
| Microsoft loses antitrust suit |
| Mar.10 |
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Nasdaq reached 5048 Nasdaq's all-time high. Beginning of the end of the Internet stock boom
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| Jan.24 |
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| AOL planned to purchase Time Warner |
| Jan.14 |
New York |
Dow Jones reached 11,722
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| Seattle |
| Microsoft CEO Gates Steps Down |
| Jan.1 |
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Y2K bug fails to bite A flaw in computer program that caused processing to operate incorrectly on and after January 1, 2000
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| Jun.21 |
South Korea |
U.S., South Korea strike on beef sales |
| May.1 |
Washington |
Bush offers $770m for food crisis
| Apr.17 |
South Korea |
S Korea 'due to lift US beef ban'
| Jan.25 |
Switzerland |
Bill Gates new project: Farming |
2006 |
| Dec.28 |
Washington |
US body backs sale of cloned food |
2003 |
| Dec.23 |
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Mad cow disease confirmed |
2008 |
| Jul. 13 |
U. S. Midwest |
Anheuser-Busch agrees to InBev sale |
| Jul. 13 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer |
| Mar.16 |
New York |
JPMorgan to acquire Bear Stearns
| Feb.1 |
Microsoft |
Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company for $44.6bn in cash and shares. The offer is 62% above Yahoo's closing share price
2006 |
| Oct.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn |
2000 |
| Jan.24 |
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AOL planned to purchase Time Warner |
2001 |
| Nov.25 |
Boston |
Human embryo clone created |
2008 |
| Jul. 11 |
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Mortgage firms' shares slump
| Mar.17 |
New York |
Markets slump on banking worries
| Mar.13 |
New York |
Gold hits $1,000 for first time |
| Jan.22 |
Japan |
Asian markets rally after US cut |
| Jan.22 |
Washington |
Fed slashes rates in shock move |
| Jan.22 |
New York |
Market panic as world stocks slump |
2007 |
| Aug.17 |
New York |
US rate cut boosts global markets |
| Aug.9 |
New York |
World markets fall after US losses The markets have faltered in early trading a day after markets in NY and London suffered losses amid fears of a global credit crunch
| Aug.9 |
New York |
Mortgage concerns hit US markets The share indexes tumbled amid fears that a wobble in the mortgage market may prompt a global credit crunch. Dow Jones fell 199.24
| Feb.27 |
New York |
Dow Jones loses 416
2006 |
| Oct.3 |
New York |
Dow hits record |
2004 |
| Mar.5 |
New York |
Jury finds Martha Stewart guilty
2002 |
| Oct.9 |
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Nasdaq fell to 1,114
| Oct.9 |
New York |
Dow fell to 7,286
| Jul.24 |
New York |
Dow saw its second-biggest gain ever
| Jul.19 |
New York |
Dow down 4.6% to 8,019 |
2001 |
| Sep.17 |
New York |
Wall Street reopens, Stocks plummet Dow Jones was down by 600 points or 6% and the Nasdaq by 5%. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.5% to 3%
2000 |
| Mar.10 |
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Nasdaq reached 5048 Nasdaq's all-time high. Beginning of the end of the Internet stock boom
| Jan.14 |
New York |
Dow Jones reached 11,722
2005 |
| Dec.20 |
New York |
Strike shuts down NYC transit system
2007 |
| Jul.31 |
New York |
Murdoch wins Dow Jones battle |
2008 |
| Jun.6 |
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US unemployment rate reaches 5.5% |
2007 |
| Sep.7 |
California |
Mortgage lender Countrywide slashes jobs |
2008 |
| Thu. |
European Union |
EU hits Intel with fresh charges European regulators have filed fresh charges against the world's biggest computer chip maker over alleged abuse of its dominant market posi...
| Jul. 3 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Google must divulge YouTube log |
| Jun.17 |
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Firefox aims for download record |
| Jun.12 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal |
| May.3 |
Microsoft |
Microsoft walks away from Yahoo
| Apr.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Google and Yahoo to share web ads |
| Feb.27 |
European Union |
EU fines Microsoft record $1.4bn
2007 |
| Nov.13 |
China |
Yahoo settles dissidents suit |
| Jan.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Apple's 'magical' iPhone unveiled
2005 |
| Jun.27 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
File-sharing suffers major defeat |
2004 |
| Nov.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Mozilla Firefox browser launched |
2003 |
| Aug.21 |
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SoBig.F breaks virus speed records |
| Apr.28 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Apple launches online music service |
| Jan.29 |
New York |
AOL TW Posts Loss of Nearly $100 Billion |
2001 |
| Nov.2 |
Washington |
Microsoft reaches anti-trust deal |
| Oct.23 |
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