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  • AP Interview: Taylor Swift relishes Asian success

    Wrapping up the Asian leg of her world tour, Taylor Swift is relishing her growing international appeal as the singer-songwriter steadily gains fan outside the U.S. with her combination of confessional lyrics and country sound.


  • Sony booming in India on strong brand image

    Sony is doing booming business in India, dominating in flat-panel TVs and digital cameras, and is in good shape to keep growing in coming years, a top executive said Friday.


  • Trump's contradictory convictions

    There's something confusing, if not contradictory, about presumptive 2012 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's Valentines Day interview on Fox News Channel's "On the Record with Great Van Susteren."


  • A woman walks by a sign advertising Samsung's mobile phone Galaxy in  Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 7, 2011. Samsung Electronics said Thursday that sales rose during the first quarter though operating profit declined sharply, as buoyancy in semiconductors was offset by weakness in its liquid crystal display business and a tough pricing environment for its flagship tablet device.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

    Samsung sees big jump in 3-D TV sales in 2011

    Samsung Electronics said Thursday it expects to sell up to 10 million 3-D TVs this year and vigorously defended the technology behind its lineup amid intensifying competition with rivals including LG Electronics.


  • Models and LG Electronics employees wearing special glasses watch a Cinema 3-D TV by LG Electronics during a press unveiling in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. LG Electronics says competition is heating up in the global battle to win over customers to 3-D televisions and the South Korean company thinks it has gained a key edge. (AP Photo/Ahn oung-joon)

    LG puts hopes on 'next generation' 3-D TV

    LG Electronics says competition is heating up in the global battle to woo viewers to 3-D TVs and the South Korean company thinks it has an edge.


  • 'DEAR LEADER': An image of North Korea's designated leader-to-be, Kim Jong-un (center), is shown on a screen during a performance celebrating the 69th birthday of Mr. Kim's father and current leader, Kim Jong-il. Outside information is increasingly penetrating into the secretive state. (Kyodo News via Associated Press)

    Technology piercing North Korea's news veil

    North Korea's vicelike grip on the flow of information into and out of its secretive society is weakening, thanks to technology, the porous border with China and the North's crumbling economy, defectors and activists say.


  • Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei rejected calls by U.S. officials for Beijing to provide details on nuclear arms, claiming it is a "sensitive issue." "If China reveals the size of its nuclear arsenal, this would eliminate its deterrent value," he said. (Associated Press)

    Inside the Ring

    A classified State Department cable made public recently finally has shed some light on persistent Chinese military secrecy and its refusal to hold nuclear talks with the United States: China fears discussing its nuclear arsenal will weaken the deterrent value.


  • A South Korean television station airs a program about North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's birthday, seen on a TV screen at the North Korea exhibition hall of the unification observation post in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. North Koreans will celebrate their leader's 69th birthday Wednesday, one of the country's most important holidays. The screen reads "Magnificent, Birthday Party" in the Korean language. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

    N. Korea's Kim Jong-il giving knockoff birthday gifts?

    It's a North Korean version of Christmas, with Kim Jong-il playing Santa Claus. In past years, the authoritarian leader has celebrated his birthday by handing out gifts to his people ranging from rice to Rolexes, an annual attempt to buy loyalty and stability.


  • Lewis, Smith tied for lead at Australian Masters

    American Stacey Lewis and Australian Kristie Smith each shot 7-under-par 65s to take a share of the second-round lead at the Australian Ladies Masters on Friday.


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