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Janet Babin

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  • China renewed Google's license to operate in the country after the search giant made a compromise with the government. The deal could serve as a blueprint for others doing business there.

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  • Living in a digital world is changing how we live — everything from how we get our news and information to how much money we carry in our pockets. Janet Babin reports on mobile pay via social media like Twitter or through your cell phone.

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  • Google has made a $700 million deal to buy travel technology company ITA, a move that will help the search engine stay ahead of Bing.

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  • Is your cell phone going to give you cancer? The science is murky. But that's not stopping San Francisco from becoming the first city in the country to require retailers to disclose phones' radiation levels. Janet Babin reports.

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  • A few years ago, tomato prices were sky high because of a shortage. But these days, farmers have more tomatoes than they know what to do with. And prices are so low many of those juicy beauties might not make it off the vine. Janet Babin reports.

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  • Top U.S. diplomats and high-tech executives are visiting Syria this week in an effort to use technology as a diplomatic tool.

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  • Health care reform — most of it, anyway — doesn't kick in until 2014. But businesses are worried now that it will hit them hard in the pocketbook. That's why the White House released new rules aimed at keeping employers from raising premiums or scaling back care in advance. Janet Babin reports.

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  • Google is lashing out at Apple over some rules changes for application developers. The new terms could keep Google and other Apple rivals from placing ads inside iPhone and iPad applications. The search giant calls Apple's proposed rules a threat to healthy competition. Janet Babin reports.

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  • Hewlett-Packard has announced a major restructuring that will lay off thousands. The changes are part of a trend among major computer firms to move away from building computers to providing services to the companies that buy them. Janet Babin reports.

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  • Apple's ubiquitous iPad may cut into sales of the new Borders e-Book reader.

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