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Boeing executive: 'We're set to take off'

Boeing Co.'s commercial airplanes chief Ray Conner declared Wednesday that the 787 has "turned the corner," with the fix for its recent battery problem all but completely implemented and production on track to rise to 10 jets a month by year end.

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Microsoft reveals Xbox One, an 'all in one' entertainment system

You'd never guess that the video game business has slowed from the Microsoft campus, where the company unveiled its new "Xbox One" console in a high-voltage event Tuesday, designed to build anticipation for the system's release this fall.
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Clearwire board approves higher Sprint offer

Clearwire wants to accept a richer buyout offer made by Sprint this week and is recommending that shareholders vote in favor of it.
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Sprint boosts buyout offer for Clearwire

Sprint Nextel Corp. is offering 14 percent more than before for the stake in wireless data network operator Clearwire Corp. it does not already own, but a large shareholder said the offer was still inadequate.
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Tableau Software soars in trading debut

Tableau Software shares soared in their trading debut Friday after the company and some of its investors raised about $254.2 million in its initial public offering.
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Nordstrom 1st quarter net income slips

Nordstrom Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter net income fell 3 percent, hurt by weak demand for spring merchandise and softer performance in the Northeast and Midwest.
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Boeing resumes 787 deliveries after 4-month halt

Boeing restarted deliveries of 787s on Tuesday after a four-month halt while it dealt with the smoldering batteries that had kept the planes grounded.
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Update to address Windows 8 confusion will be free

A planned Windows 8 update to address complaints and confusion with Microsoft's new operating system will be made available for free this year, the company said Tuesday.
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Starbucks sees Myanmar entry in couple of years

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said Monday the coffee chain's first stores in India and Vietnam have been received positively and it might soon be time to give Myanmar a shot too.
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Northwest TV, radio group Fisher Communications to sell to Sinclair

Seattle-based Fisher Communications, parent of KOMO-TV and several other Northwest television and radio stations, announced Thursday that it will merge with Sinclair Broadcast Group of Maryland.