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Apple Seeks Obama Reprieve on IPhone Import Ban From Trade Panel (BusinessWeek)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) may learn as early as today whether President Barack Obama and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman will intervene to let it keep selling all versions of its iPhone 4 and iPad 2 in the U.S. Obama and Froman have until midnight Washington time on Aug. 4 to overturn an import ban imposed by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which found June 4 that some older Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) devices infringed a Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) patent for a way data is transmitted.

Do You Need Convincing To Invest In Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)? (BasicsMedia)
Regardless of how well a company is performing, and how much potential for growth still exist, there will always be those people who still need convincing in order to invest. Its well known that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is one of the biggest companies worldwide and continues to outperform many companies which have been in existence for a much longer period. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) leads worldwide as a major search engine, and it’s only in China where it has been unable to overtake or perform better than Baidu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU). This article attempts to convince those who doubt the viability of Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG).

Nigeria: Microsoft Restates Commitment to Partner FG On ICT Devt (AllAfrica)
Devices and Services giant, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Nigeria has reiterated the company’s commitment to collaborating with the Federal Government of Nigeria and other stakeholders in the IT industry to put structure in place to further aid ICT development in the country. National Technology Officer, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Anglophone West Africa, Olayinka Oni said this last week at the Lagos Business School where he addressed the Executive MBA class as a guest speaker.