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Google’s 2Q earnings rise 24 pct, but miss target (AP)

AP - Google Inc.’s second-quarter earnings missed analysts’ target as higher expenses and the fallout from the European debt crisis dragged down the Internet search leader.

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Google says Beijing renews China license (AP)

AP - Google on Friday said Beijing has renewed the license it needs to continue operating a website in China, securing the search giant’s foothold in the country’s fast-growing Internet market despite tensions over censorship.

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Australia: Google Street View broke privacy law (AP)

AP - Google broke Australia’s privacy law when it collected private information from wireless networks, the country’s privacy commissioner said Friday, following an investigation into the Internet giant’s “Street View” mapping service.

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Google to buy travel software company for $700M (AP)

AP - Google Inc. plans to buy travel technology company ITA Software Inc. in a $700 million deal that would enable the Internet search leader to steer more of the airline reservations booked on the Web.

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ETFs, more stocks face trade halts in U.S. proposal (Reuters)

Reuters - Hundreds of additional stocks and 344 exchange-traded funds face trading curbs under a proposed expansion of the circuit breakers that were adopted in response to May’s severe “flash crash.”

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Google changes China access after Beijing objects (AP)

AP - Google Inc. said Tuesday it will stop automatically rerouting users of its China search site to its Hong Kong site after Beijing said the company would lose its mainland Internet license if the tactic continued

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US unveils plan to make online transactions safer (AP)

AP - In the murky world of the Internet, how do you ever really know who you’re talking to, who you’re buying from or if your bank can actually tell it’s you when you log in to pay a bill?

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US unveils plan to make online transactions safer
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World summit turning attention to nuclear threats (AP)

AP - After failing to resolve their differences on economic strategy, world leaders are turning their attention to grappling with some of the globe’s toughest foreign policy problems.

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Hong Kong air pollution blamed on political system (AP)

AP - Democracy activists are not the only ones unhappy with a slow pace of electoral reform in Hong Kong.

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Porn sites closer to .xxx Web address (AP)

AP - Porn sites have stepped closer to a new “.xxx” Internet address after the global Internet oversight agency said it made mistakes in rejecting it three years ago.

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