Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang and Google Chairman Eric Schmidt may not agree on much, but they do see eye to eye on back pain. Yang and Schmidt, through his investment fund Innovation Endeavors, are joining with Seattle venture capital firm...
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The LUMO BodyTech wearable sensor to track posture.
Eric Schmidt, Jerry Yang Back Posture Gadget in $5M Round
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Positivo Informatica tumbled the most in a month after reporting a third-quarter profit that missed estimates.
Little Love for Brazil’s PC Leader
Unless you’re living in Brazil, odds are you haven’t heard of Positivo Informatica. It’s the country’s biggest computer maker, an honor that seems less impressive every day. Profit margins throughout the PC industry are declining, as is industry growth as...
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Believe it or not, cathode ray tubes are still in production today, despite the prevalence of flat screens.
Fat Fine May Hit Makers of Fat TVs
Remember those bulbous TVs and computer monitors that preceded the slimmed-down liquid-crystal displays we have today? Some companies are actually still making them (surprise!), and several of them may be fined by the European Union within weeks over price-fixing agreements,...
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