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Valley Buzz: A Ray of Hope for AOL, Yahoo, Google and Microsoft, Lenovo Group Announces Big Losses, and the AP Demands Cash for Obama Poster

 
I wouldn’t blame TechTicker readers if they started referring to this column as “Headlines from the Grim Reaper.” Day-after-day, I’ve brought you a lot of bad news of layoffs, poor earnings and the Valley’s innovation engine (link)

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