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Senate report: Apple claims subsidiaries to avoid paying billions in taxes each year

Apple's 'complex web' of offshore entities are set up in countries with no taxing jurisdiction, the report says

Why Google is freaking out Amazon

With the release of Google Compute Engine, Google is becoming a real threat to Amazon Web Services

11 profiles in bad leadership

Recognizing your managerial shortfalls, then addressing those areas can mean the difference between being a boss and being a leader

Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are secret backers behind European Privacy Association

The privacy organization has hidden its ties to corporate backers

Thousands of Tumblr users migrate to WordPress in wake of Yahoo acquisition

Yahoo pledges not to 'screw up' Tumblr and says it will remain an independent business

Update: Yahoo to acquire Tumblr for about $1.1 billion

Rumors that Yahoo might be in talks to acquire the blogging site began emerging last week

Software developer wages fall 2 percent as workforce expands

Less costly young and long unemployed older developers may be expanding the workforce at less cost to employers

Progress at Foxconn factories, but working hours still exceed Chinese laws

Foxconn wants to bring its employees' working time to China's legal limit of 49 hours per week

Dell profit dives 79 percent on falling PC sales

Dell reported another weak quarter as its founder fights to make it a private company

Microsoft responds to Larry Page remarks, but Oracle is quiet

Larry Page criticized both companies in response to questions at Google I/O, just after lamenting negativity in the tech industry

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TECH'S BOTTOM LINE

New privacy low: Retailers sniffing cellphone Wi-Fi signals at the mall

Blog by Bill Snyder

Indoor location technologies are allowing retailers to track shoppers' every move inside their stores