Google Pushed Hard Behind the Scenes to Convince Regulators

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and NICK WINGFIELD

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Executives made frequent trips to Washington to press their case in an antitrust inquiry, laying out legal arguments and applying lessons from Microsoft’s bruising 1990s battle.

A Victory for Google as F.T.C. Takes No Formal Steps

By EDWARD WYATT

A finding by the Federal Trade Commission that Google had not broken the law by highlighting its own services in search results could strengthen the firm’s already dominant position.

Inquiry Into Tech Giants’ Tax Strategies Nears End

By CHARLES DUHIGG and DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI

Companies like Apple have drawn scrutiny because of their penchant for shifting profits overseas, resulting in low American tax bills.

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A Barnes & Noble store in New York City. Overall sales in the nine-week holiday season for the retailer fell 10.9 percent.

Barnes & Noble Faces Steep Challenge as Holiday Nook Sales Decline

By LESLIE KAUFMAN

The company's Nook unit suffered a 12.6 percent decline in sales compared with the same period a year earlier, a blow to its hopes of building up its digital division to compete with behemoths like Amazon.com.

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Thomas P. DiNapoli is trustee of New York’s pension fund.

State Comptroller Sues Qualcomm for Data About Its Political Contributions

By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE

Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, who is the trustee of the New York State pension fund, a major holder of Qualcomm stock, expressed worry over the risks of large contributions.

One of four Intelsat satellites built by Boeing to distribute video, network and voice services.

Communications Satellites Made Legal for Export

By WILLIAM J. BROAD

The satellites, which orbit Earth to relay phone calls and broadcast television programs, will become legal for civilian export under legislation signed into law by President Obama.

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Formal Fridays | Wall Street Journal

Customs of Silicon Valley: Dressing up on Fridays. - Suzanne Spector

The new politics of the internet: Everything is connected | economist.com

Tracing parallels between environmental activism and nascent Internet activism - Somini Sengupta

Steve Jobs biopic 'jOBS' lands at Open Road Films | insidemovies.ew.com

The weirdly capitalized movie on Steve Jobs, jOBs, starring Ashton Kutcher, opens in theaters in April. - Damon Darlin

Ray Kurzweil Says He’ll Get ‘Unlimited Resources’ at Google | betabeat.com

The singularity closes in as Google gives Ray Kurzweil unlimited funds for AI, perhaps build space-colonizing robots. - Joshua Brustein

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A pilot uses the FlySmart with Airbus app on an Apple iPad. The F.A.A. has no proof that electronic devices can harm a plane’s avionics, but it still perpetuates such claims.

The Real Hazards of E-Devices on Planes

By NICK BILTON

If the Federal Aviation Administration does not re-evaluate its ban on device use during takeoff and landing, someone will be hurt, but not because of interference with the plane's avionics.