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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks posted their best week since Christmas, even with a mixed finish on Friday after strong earnings from tech bellwethers IBM <IBM.N> and Intel <INTC.O> contrasted with Google's <GOOG.O> disappointing report.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators accepted concessions offered by International Business Machines Corp to end an antitrust investigation and avert a possible fine, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

Dec 12 (IFR) - Social networking. Cloud computing. Software as a service.

LONDON (Reuters) - Uncertainty over the outcome of talks to restructure privately held Greek debt limited gains in European shares and the euro on Monday ahead of a finance ministers meeting to decide the terms of further aid for Greece.

Google, Yahoo, Ebay, Dell, Apple and Gap are among the 190 companies scoring top marks in HRC's latest index of best places to work. ?Google, Yahoo, Ebay, Dell, Apple and Gap are among the 190 companies scoring top marks in the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) latest Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The 2012 edition of the index, released last week, ranks 190 companies with a perfect score. HRC ranked each company on several gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender workplace policies and assigned a rating from 0- to 100- percent. A record 337 companies ranked 100 percent in last year's index and received the group's coveted Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality designation. In 2012, however, HRC upped the ante. For the first time, companies must provide coverage for medically necessary care for transgender individuals to receive a 100 percent rating. ?A remarkable 190 businesses succeeded in scoring 100 percent,? HRC President Joe Solmonese said in the report. ?This rating reflects equal hea

(Reuters) - International Business Machines plans to buy analytics software provider DemandTec for about $440 million in cash.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two Chinese appliance and electronics retailers, regarded by some as the country's answers to Best Buy Co Inc <BBY.N>, are racing to beef up their e-commerce arms and tap the booming but highly competitive online retail market.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are set to accept concessions offered by International Business Machines Corp <IBM.N> and end an antitrust investigation this month, averting a possible fine, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are set to accept concessions offered by International Business Machines Corp and end an antitrust investigation this month, averting a possible fine, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are set to accept concessions offered by International Business Machines Corp <IBM.N> and end an antitrust investigation, averting a possible fine, this month, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

(Reuters) - Online sales climbed 15.6 percent in November and are doing well so far in December, as shopping from computers, tablets and mobile phones gain in popularity, according to data released by IBM Benchmark on Wednesday.

(Reuters) - Online sales climbed 15.6 percent in November and are doing well so far in December, as shopping from computers, tablets and mobile phones gain in popularity, according to data released by IBM Benchmark on Wednesday.

(Reuters) - A court error on Friday offered a brief glimpse at information that Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics have tried to shield from the public during their high-stakes patent litigation.

US computer giant IBM said Monday that it has bought Curam Software, an Irish company that makes programs used by government agencies to deliver social services to citizens.

(Reuters) - A U.S. court error on Friday offered a brief glimpse at information that Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics have tried to shield from the public during their high-stakes patent litigation.

(Reuters) - A U.S. court error on Friday offered a brief glimpse at information that Apple Inc <AAPL.O> and Samsung Electronics <005930.KS> have tried to shield from the public during their high-stakes patent litigation.

As long as we want to allow some users access and deny others, these products will be with us.. pAccess control is an old standby. As long as we want to allow some users access and deny others, these products will be with us. The trick is finding one that is, clearly, an Innovator in a rather stale category. What more can one do after determining that someone knocking at the door should be allowed entry or not? It turns out that there is quite a bit one can do. Actually, the magic is less in what one does than in how it is done./p

(Reuters) - Cyber Monday online sales set a record, led by department stores and home goods retailers, according to U.S. data released on Tuesday.

(Reuters) - Cyber Monday online sales set a record, led by department stores and home goods retailers, according to U.S. data released on Tuesday.

(Reuters) - Cyber Monday online sales jumped to a record, led by department stores and home goods retailers, according to U.S. data released on Tuesday.