Updated: Thu, 23 May 2013 4:31 AM

Tesla repays government loan early, a boost for electric cars

CNET:Tesla is proving that a U.S. electric car company can succeed. It paid off a $465 million loan nine years early.

Sources: CNET, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe...

HP's Q2 revenue slips, but Whitman looks ahead

CNET:Wall Street was expecting earnings of 81 cents a share on revenue of $28 billion for the second quarter.

Sources: CNET, CNN, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, CBS News, Forbes...

If Apple Paid More Tax, We Might Pay Less

Forbes:Opinion seems to be divided as to whether Apple’s tax avoidance schemes are a good thing or a bad thing.  Free-marketers assert that Apple is doing everything it should, and exploiting our Byzantine tax laws is...

Sources: Forbes, LA Times, The Boston Globe, CNN, Washington Post.

Clearwire Recommends Vote for Revised Sprint Bid

NY Times:Clearwire announced the decision a day after Sprint raised its offer for the almost 50 percent of the company it does not already own to $3.40 per share from $2.97 per share.    

Sources: NY Times, CNET, The Denver Post, The Boston Globe, Forbes...

Sony Shares Spike Following Rumors Of Entertainment Spinoff

Forbes:Sony (SNE) shares spike following investor enthusiasm over a potential spinoff of the company's entertainment business.

Sources: Forbes, Chicago Tribune, NY Times, The Boston Globe...

Is HTC Retreating In The Face of iPhone and Samsung?

Forbes:Once an undeniable power in the U.S. smartphone market (second only to Apple’s iPhone in 2011), the Taiwan-based HTC Corp. is suffering the latest bump in what has been a slow, drawn-out stumble.

Sources: Forbes, Wall Street Journal.

Deep-space pizza parties? NASA mulls 3-D printers for food

The Denver Post:NASA can send robots to Mars, no problem. But if it's ever going to put humans on the Red Planet, it has...

Sources: The Denver Post, Washington Post.

Apple: Think Different. Tax Different

Forbes:No person or company wants to be accused of skirting tax obligations. Yet despite Joe Biden’s “paying higher taxes is patriotic” gaffe, paying too much could make you a chump.

Sources: Forbes, LA Times, NY Times, Washington Post...

What the Xbox One means for gamers

Washington Post:Gamers did get a first peek this week at the Xbox One at Microsoft’s recent announcement. But it would be understandable if they felt, well, a little...

Sources: Washington Post, Huffingon Post, CNET, Forbes...

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