Microsoft Names New China Managers – The Wall Street Journal.

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Microsoft Names New China Managers

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Microsoft Corp. MSFT +0.65%reorganized its leadership in China, as the company continues to contend with software piracy in world’s largest personal-computer market and regulations barring sales of its Xbox 360 game console.

Can Retailers Halt ‘Showrooming’? – The Wall Street Journal.

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Can Retailers Halt ‘Showrooming’?

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Shoppers who scope out merchandise in stores but buy on rivals’ websites, usually at a lower price, have become the bête noire of many big-box retailers.

The trend, known as “showrooming,” hurts the bottom lines of traditional stores while benefiting online-only retailers such as Amazon.com Inc., AMZN +0.09%which have the advantage of lower overhead costs and mostly can skirt the collection of sales tax.

Tech Patents Soar in Value – The Wall Street Journal.

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Tech Patents Soar in Value

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The technology patent arms race is heating up—again.

Microsoft Corp.’s MSFT +0.65%agreement to spend nearly $1.1 billion buying and licensing about 1,100 patents covering some of the Internet’s basic plumbing from AOL Inc. AOL +1.06%spotlights the ongoing boom in spending among tech titans for what amounts to the Internet era’s nuclear deterrence.

“This has been a gradual evolution of patents from simple legal assets to strategic financial assets,” said Mark Radcliffe, a partner at law firm DLA Piper who specializes in intellectual property.

Kingfisher’s Plight Shows Indian Aviation’s Risks – The Wall Street Journal.

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Kingfisher’s Plight Shows Indian Aviation’s Risks

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The fate of Kingfisher Airlines rests solely with New Delhi. But regardless of the government’s judgment, the fiasco has underscored the hazards of operating an airline in India.

On the verge of bankruptcy, loaded with debt and years of losses, Kingfisher is asking for a lifeline from the government, which is threatening to cancel its operating license. The company has already gotten a cold shoulder from the various banks to which it owes more than $1 billion and from oil marketing companies to which it hasn’t paid old dues.

Auto Makers’ New Math Drives Net – The Wall Street Journal.

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Auto Makers’ New Math Drives Net

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Dark Times Fall on Solar Sector – The Wall Street Journal.

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Dark Times Fall on Solar Sector

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China PC Market Tops U.S.

This articles provides some updates to the industry environment in the China MSFT case we discussed. How has the industry structure changed?

“China PC Market Tops U.S.”

US: Business News

ANALYSIS: Airline pricing — WSJ

Industry structure in airlines affects pricing:
Airline pricing WSJ0810.pdf