It seems obvious that new business owners should make every effort to get their branding concepts exactly the way they want them the first time, right?

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WASHINGTON — Apple’s CEO is disputing assertions by a Senate panel that the company avoids billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates. Tim Cook testified at a hearing Tuesday by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer sales. The tune up announced Tuesday won’t be released to ...

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Google Now has started directly challenging Apple's Siri.

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NEW YORK — Shares of Apple Inc. fell below $400 for the first time in a year and half on Wednesday, after a supplier hinted at a slowdown in iPhone and iPad production. The stock was down $21.89, or 5.1 ...

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NORTH POINT — Baltimore County police say they seized $1.5 million in counterfeit shoes, clothing, movies and other goods during a raid on a North Point flea market. Police say the counterfeit merchandise was seized while executing multiple search warrants ...

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NEW YORK — Samsung Electronics is taking to the Big Apple to reveal its next big challenge to Apple Inc.: a successor to its top-selling Galaxy S III smartphone. The Korean company has rented New York’s Radio City Music Hall ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — A disgruntled shareholder pressing Apple to create a new class of preferred stock has dropped a lawsuit that became a moot point after the iPhone and iPad maker changed the agenda at its annual meeting earlier this ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is so confident it has the Internet’s best email service that it is about to spend at least $30 million to send its message across the U.S. The barrage begins Tuesday when Microsoft’s twist on email, ...

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NEW YORK — Research firm Gartner says worldwide cellphone sales fell last year, as economic turmoil dampened shopper appetites. The decline was 1.7 percent, and it was the first time since 2009 that cellphone sales have fallen, Gartner says. Sales ...

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