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Disney corporate headquarters in Burbank, Calif., is seen in this Feb. 6, 2006, file photo. The New York Times and Los Angeles times report that Disney signed an agreement to sell Miramax Films for about $660 million late Thursday July 29, 2010, with Filmyard Holding. The investor group is led by construction magnate Ronald Tutor (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
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In this photograph taken July 22, 2010, employees sort garlic cloves at the Christopher Ranch, in Gilroy, Calif. The recovery lost momentum in the second quarter as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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A Motorola office address is displayed July 26, 2010, in Santa Clara, Calif. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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A salesclerk adjusts Sanyo's eneloop rechargeable batteries on display at Yamada Denki LABI electric shop in Tokyo, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Panasonic is planning to take 100 percent ownership of its subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works in a move costing up to $9.4 billion to strengthen green businesses such as electric cars and solar panels. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
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A man looks at new PlayStation 3 on display at Yamada Denki LABI electric shop in Tokyo, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Sony bounced back to profit last quarter and raised its full-year earnings forecast, fueled by stronger demand for its PlayStation 3 gaming consoles, personal computers and televisions.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
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Associated Press Apple CEO Steve Jobs (left) talks to a friend using the FaceTime video chat feature on the iPhone 4 during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in June. Adult-entertainment companies are developing video-sex-chat services to use with FaceTime.
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks about free protective cases for Apple iPhone 4 users during a news conference, Friday, July 16, 2010, at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. Apple Inc. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2009 file photo, the IAC building is shown, in New York. IAC/InterActiveCorp reported stronger second-quarter revenues Wednesday, July 28, 2010, citing growth in its search and Match online dating businesses. Profits fell compared to last year, however, because that quarter included a bump from the sale of its Match Europe operations. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
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Comcast logos are displayed on installation trucks in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. Comcast Corp., a leading cable, entertainment and communications company, announced Wednesday, Feb. 16, that the company's planned annual dividend has increased 19% to $0.45 per share. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Ernesto Fiscal, foreground, and other illegal immigrants, who were deported to Mexico gather near the Nogales Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A report out Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, said illegal immigration into the United States has reduced drastically. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 file photo, a sign hangs outside a Sprint store in Saugus, Mass. Sprint Nextel Corp. on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, reported the first quarterly increase in three years, as improvements in Sprint-branded and prepaid service offset the continued flight of subscribers from the Nextel network. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, file)
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** FILE ** Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Jim McNerney (right) and Jim Albaugh, chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, pose with a Boeing 787 after it landed for the first time outside the United States in Farnborough, England, on July 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, file)
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Laura Hedlund (right) and Sue Skog protest in front of Target in Bloomington, Minn., on Saturday after the company donated $150,000 to a group backing the Republican candidate in the governor's race Target Corp.'s CEO Gregg Steinhafel defended the donations. (Associated Press)
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Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich talks with Darrell Murphy as he arrives at federal court Tuesday for closing arguments in his corruption trial. The case now is in the jury's hands. (AP Photo)
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HELP ON THE WAY: An Afghan soldier fighting alongside U.S. troops launches a grenade during a clash in Kandahar. President Obama will get a $59 billion emergency war-spending bill to sign to fund his U.S. troop surge. (Associated Press)
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The 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric car will cost $41,000 before government rebates when it goes on sale - about $8,000 more than its closest rival, the all-electric Nissan Leaf. (Associated Press)
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From left, outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward, Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg and incoming CEO Bob Dudley announce the naming of the new chief executive officer outside global headquarters in London on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, foreground, and cast members of MTV's "Jersey Shore" reality series pose for photos on the trading floor after participating in opening bell ceremonies of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, July 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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U.S. actress Angelina Jolie, right, and Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer pose during the Japan premiere of her spy action-thriller film "Salt" in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner talks on his cell phone as he walks towards the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
