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  • With high-tech guns, users could disable remotely
    05-21-2013 4:43pm - From azcentral.com Top Business
    SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved -- and disable it remotely. The technology, but not an actual gun, was demonstrated Tuesday at a wireless technology conference in Las Vegas and was shown to The Associated Press in advance. It comes at a time when lawmakers around the U.S. are considering contentious smart gun laws that would require new guns to include high-tech devices that limit who can fire them.
  • JPMorgan's Dimon survives shareholder referendum
    05-21-2013 4:38pm - From azcentral.com Top Business
    TAMPA, Fla. -- Shareholders of JPMorgan Chase voted Tuesday to let Jamie Dimon keep both the chairman and CEO roles, but they signaled that the bank needed better oversight, giving only narrow approval to three of the bank's board members. It was a mixed verdict in a closely watched test of corporate governance at U.S. companies. Dimon emerged in a stronger position after the proposal to split his roles won just 32 percent of the shareholder vote, less than the 40 percent a similar proposal got last year.
  • Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment
    05-21-2013 3:50pm - From azcentral.com Top Business
    REMOND, Washington -- Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, a next-generation entertainment console that promises to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year.
  • Apple's IPhone loses ground to Samsung in survey
    05-21-2013 1:16pm - From azcentral.com Top Business
    NEW YORK -- Apple's iPhone lost ground to Samsung Electronics and Motorola in an annual study measuring the satisfaction of consumers, following a sales slowdown for the pioneering smartphone. While the device still had the top ranking among mobile- phone users, Samsung and Motorola have narrowed the gap, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, which published its 2013 report Tuesday. The iPhone's rating fell 2.4 percent from a year earlier to a score of 81 from 83, while Samsung climbed 7 percent to 76 from 71. Motorola increased 5.5 percent to 77 from 73.
  • Amy's Baking Company cancels news conference after lawsuit threat
    05-21-2013 1:07pm - From azcentral.com Top Business
    The more than 1,500 people who have requested reservations to eat at Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale during its "grand reopening" week, which starts Tuesday night, will bear witness to the next chapter of one of the most vilified restaurants in the country. The national media will not.
  • New rice contamination reported in China
    05-21-2013 12:35pm - From azcentral.com Top Business
    BEIJING -- Authorities are investigating rice mills in southern China following tests that found almost half of the staple grain in one of the country's largest cities was contaminated with a toxic metal. The mills in Hunan province's Youxian county were ordered to suspend business and recall their products after samples showed excessive levels of cadmium, according to an official notice issued Tuesday by the county government.
  • China sentences underground bank operator to death
    05-21-2013 12:24pm - From azcentral.com Top Business
    BEIJING -- A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by entrepreneurs. Lin Haiyan was convicted of "illegal fundraising" for collecting 640 million yuan ($100 million) from investors by promising high returns and low risk, according to a statement by the Intermediate People's Court in Wenzhou, a center for private sector business. It said the scheme collapsed in October 2011 and 428 million yuan could not be recovered.
  • Best Buy reports 1Q loss on restructuring costs
    05-21-2013 12:22pm - From azcentral.com Top Business
    MINNEAPOLIS -- Best Buy Co. on Tuesday reported a loss in its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores. Its adjusted earnings beat Wall Street expectations, but revenue fell short as the company faced tough pricing competition during the quarter. Its shares slipped in morning trading.
  • Average credit card debt, late payments fall in 1Q
    05-21-2013 12:04pm - From azcentral.com Top Business
    LOS ANGELES -- Americans got better about paying their credit card debt on time in the first three months of the year, a period when many borrowers use income tax returns to tackle their holiday season debt. The rate of credit card payments at least 90 days overdue fell to 0.69 percent in the first quarter from 0.85 percent a year earlier -- drop of nearly 19 percent, credit reporting agency TransUnion said Tuesday.
  • Apple's Cook to face Senate questions on taxes
    05-21-2013 11:53am - From azcentral.com Top Business
    WASHINGTON -- A Senate panel says Apple Inc. is avoiding billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates and is prepared to question the company's chief executive Tuesday about the "loopholes." Apple CEO Tim Cook is explaining the company's tax strategy to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which released a detailed report Monday on the company's practices.