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Mar 10 2009 5:34pm EDT

Last Bytes: Hitachi, DJIA, Kindle, Green Energy

Financiers aren't the only ones getting in trouble. Hitachi admitted to fixing LCD prices, and now has to pay Uncle Sam $31 million as part of its deal with the U.S. Justice Department. [AP]

GM and Citigroup may get bumped off the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Will they be replaced by young'uns Apple and Google? Ushering in a new era... [Crunchgear]

Jeff Bezos talks about the state of the Kindle, defending its place (again) in the world of old-fashioned book lovers. [GigaOm]

"Somewhere in the world the wind is shining," according to Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and perhaps this malapropism reveals more than he intended about Obama's energy plan. [Salon]


by Joan R. Magee


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