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• BlackBerry maker's CEO: No drastic change needed

  The new chief executive of Research in Motion said Monday that drastic change is not needed, even as the once iconic maker of the BlackBerry smartphone confronts the most difficult period in its history.

• BlackBerry maker co-CEOs step down

  The new chief executive of Research in Motion said Monday that drastic change is not needed, following the departure of Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, who stepped down as co-CEOs and co-chairmen.

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  BlackBerry maker's CEO: No drastic change needed

  The new chief executive of Research in Motion said Monday that drastic change is not needed, even as the once iconic maker of the BlackBerry smartphone confronts the most difficult period in its history.

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  U.S. indicts ex-Siemens execs on bribery charges

  Eight former executives and agents of Siemens AG and its subsidiaries have been charged in a decade-long scheme to bribe senior government officials in Argentina to secure, implement and enforce a $1 billion contract with the Argentine government to produce national identity cards, the Justice Department said Tuesday.

• Nokia Siemens to lay off 17,000 worldwide

  Wireless equipment maker Nokia Siemens Networks will slash 17,000 jobs _ almost one-quarter of its work force _ in a move to cut annual costs by euro1 billion ($1.35 billion) by 2013, company officials said Wednesday.

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  Germany invites skilled workers from Greece

  With a shrinking labor force and buoyant economy, Germany desperately needs skilled workers to keep its industrial engine churning forward. Increasingly, it's seeking them from Greece and other European laggards like Spain and Portugal where unemployment is soaring amid fears of financial implosion.

• Science fiction-style sabotage a fear in new hacks

  When a computer attack hobbled Iran's unfinished nuclear power plant last year, it was assumed to be a military-grade strike, the handiwork of elite hacking professionals with nation-state backing.

• Science fiction-style sabotage a fear in new hacks

  When a computer attack hobbled Iran's unfinished nuclear power plant last year, it was assumed to be a military-grade strike, the handiwork of elite hacking professionals with nation-state backing.

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  Mediocre hackers can cause major damage

  The computer systems that control vital industrial machinery in nuclear power plants, water treatment facilities and many other factories are vulnerable to deadly sabotage by hackers with even moderate skills, security researchers say.

• VERSACE: Figures show economic recovery remains elusive

  While many are glued to the television and the Internet waiting for the latest on the debt ceiling and deficit reduction talks, the manufacturing economy slowed further in June as evidenced by negative durable goods figures for the month.

• Samsung LED seeks US import ban on Osram products

  A Samsung unit is raising the ante in a patent dispute with a German rival over energy-saving LED lighting amid intensifying legal disputes among global companies jockeying for supremacy in key consumer technologies.

• Economy Briefs

  Economists increasingly expect hiring to pick up in the second half of the year, even as overall growth is likely to slow.

• APNewsBreak: Study advised US on Libya hacking

  Private computer experts advised U.S. officials on how cyberattacks could damage Libya's oil and gas infrastructure and rob Moammar Gadhafi's regime of crucial oil revenue, according to a study obtained by hackers.

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  Homemade cyberweapon worries federal officials

  Two security researchers, working at home in their spare time, have created a cyberweapon similar to the sophisticated Stuxnet computer worm that was discovered last year to have disrupted computer systems running Iran's nuclear program.

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  RIDENOUR: Time to sidetrack high-speed rail

  An astute journalist in the 20th cen- tury once defined public relations as "organized lying." Keep that in mind as a barrage of news features and op-ed columns extolling the benefits of President Obama's high-speed-rail initiatives appear in coming days.

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