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Sep 09 2008 6:28pm EDT

Last Bytes: Apple, Yahoo, Google, more...

- Apple's "Let's Rock" event was underwhelming, sending the stock down four percent. Is the company losing its music mojo? [Portfolio.com]

-  Yahoo has hired  Joanne Bradford, a former Microsoft exec, to run its U.S. ad sales team. [BoomTown]

- Google's Eric Schmidt is pushing for the U.S. to shift to 100 percent renewable energy sources by 2030. [DailyTech]

- Wilmington, North Carolina has become the guinea pig for the transition from analog TV to digital. It's been a bit bumpy. [Information Week]

-Sam Gustin. □


Laura Rich is a co-founder of Recessionwire, which provides news, advice, perspective and humor about the recession and the recovery.
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