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Whitney Houston's family share struggles in TV reality show

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LOS ANGELES - Making a TV reality show may not be the most obvious way to cope with the sudden death of a loved one, but most families don't count an icon like Whitney Houston among their relatives.

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Apple unwraps mini-iPad to take on Amazon, Google

SAN JOSE - Apple Inc took the wraps off an 8-inch tablet on Tuesday in its biggest product move since the debut of the iPad two years ago, launching a smaller version of the gadget into a market staked out by Amazon.com Inc and Google Inc. | Video

Investing Simplified, Tech, iPad, 4:30pm EDT

BRIEF-Apple unveils the iPad Mini

SAN JOSE, California, Oct 23 - Apple Inc : * CEO tim cook says iphone 5 "fastest-selling" phone in history * CEO says 200 million devices now running Mobile software ios6 * CEO says more than 35 billion Mobile apps have been downloaded * CEO says company has paid out total of $6.5 billion to apps developers * CEO announces new "ibooks" version, with continuous scrolling and icloud

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Financier Proto says raised offer for RCS stake

MILAN, Oct 23 - Italian financier Alessandro Proto said on Tuesday he has raised his offer for the Benetton family's 5.1 percent stake in loss-making local publisher RCS MediaGroup.

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Nokia seeks $972 million from bonds to help drive fightback

HELSINKI - Mobile phone maker Nokia plans to raise 750 million euros ($972 million) from bonds convertible into shares, seeking a cheap way to help finance its fight to claw back market share lost to Apple and Samsung.

Tech, 1:29pm EDT

Samsung wins preliminary round over Apple patent

WASHINGTON - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, which is battling Apple Inc across the globe for dominance of the smartphone market, dealt the California company a setback by winning a preliminary invalidation of a key Apple patent, according to a court filing.

Tech, 1:28pm EDT

UPDATE 4-Nokia seeks $972 mln from bonds to help drive fightback

HELSINKI, Oct 23 - Mobile phone maker Nokia plans to raise 750 million euros ($972 million) from bonds convertible into shares, seeking a cheap way to help finance its fight to claw back market share lost to Apple and Samsung.

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UPDATE 2-Lexmark beats estimates, hopes to close delayed sales

* Third-quarter adjusted earnings $0.94/share vs est $0.78

Markets, Stocks, Earnings, Technology, 1:04pm EDT

UPDATE 4-Xerox trims earnings forecast on worsening economy

* Cuts top end of 2012 profit forecast by 3 cts to $1.09/shr

Stocks, Markets, Earnings, Industrials, Financials, Technology, 12:42pm EDT

TEXT-S&P; says AMC Networks rating unaffected by DISH settlement

Oct. 23 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that its ratings and outlook on NYC-based cable network company AMC Networks Inc. are unaffected by the announcement that the company and Cablevision Systems Corp. have settled their litigation with DISH Network Corp. As part of the settlement, DISH will pay a cash settlement of $700 million to AMC and Cablevision, with AMC's share still to be determined. DISH also entered into a long-term distribution agreement with AMC for carriage of AMC

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Marissa Mayer and the art of the earnings call

Monday was a good day for Yahoo, and its new CEO. The bigger question is whether it signals a turnaround in the company.

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