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New CEO begins Alcatel makeover
PARIS - Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent will focus on its high-growth fixed and mobile products and slim down via 1 billion euro in cost cuts by 2015 in a bid to reverse years of losses.
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Microsoft says it freed millions of computers from criminal botnet
BOSTON - Microsoft Corp said that an assault it led earlier this month on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings has freed at least 2 million PCs infected with a virus believed to have been used to steal more than $500 million from bank accounts worldwide.
Rhode Island on track to make payment on 38 Studios bonds
- Rhode Island remains on track to make a $2.5 million interest payment next year on bonds that were used to finance the facilities of 38 Studios, a now-bankrupt videogame company founded by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling.
FCC nominee Wheeler says will promote competition
WASHINGTON - Tom Wheeler, President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, on Tuesday pledged to champion competition in the telecommunications industry and said an upcoming auction of airwaves is the biggest challenge facing the regulator.
Kodak prepares $406 million offering as it eyes bankruptcy exit
- Eastman Kodak Co on Tuesday said it will seek court approval for a $406 million rights offering that could give creditors a big equity stake in the company after it emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Exclusive: Facebook reaches 1 million active advertisers
- Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it now has 1 million active advertisers globally who used the platform in the last 28 days, a milestone for the company that is seeking to revive its revenue growth.
Video Transcript: Cory Booker on Tech Tonic Interface
Below is an unedited transcript of the video interview Paul Smalera conducted with Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, NJ, in April.
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