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Google launches free music search service in China

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Google Inc. said Wednesday that it has launched a music search service in China that allows users to access music legally online in a forum backed by some record labels and supported by advertising revenue.
Paid music downloads in China are virtually nonexistent, and Apple Inc.’s iTunes digital music store is not [...]

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WiFi Nearing Takeoff Airlines Compete to Offer Web Surfing in the Skies

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By Sholnn Freeman
Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, August 6, 2008; Page D01
Wireless Internet access is about to move out of coffee shops and airport lounges and into airplanes.
After years of talking about what customers wanted and waiting for new technology, Delta Air Lines said it will begin offering broadband Internet [...]

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Procter & Gamble 4Q Net Up 33% On Product-Price Hikes

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August 05, 2008: 07:56 AM EST
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) posted a 33% jump in fiscal fourth-quarter net income as the consumer-products giant’s price hikes on several products and cost-savings measures offset rising commodity prices.
But the maker of Pampers diapers and Olay beauty products sees commodity costs in the new fiscal year [...]

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