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Nike Inc. announced its plans to expand its Washington County headquarters, after the rejecting offers to build office space in Portland. The company announced that it plans to construct two buildings, expand parking and make road improvements at its campus near Beaverton, but it said in a statement that "the continued support and action by state and local governments will be required".

Microsoft is working with manufacturers to produce a line of small touch-screen devices powered by Windows, seemingly intended to compete with 7-inch tablets like the iPad Mini and Amazon Kindle Fire. Peter Klein, Microsoft's chief financial officer, told investors and analysts on a conference call that the new devices will be available in coming months at competitive prices.

Internet search giant Google Inc. announced the launch of a notebook, which will be powered by its mobile OS Android in the third quarter of fiscal 2013. The new laptop will run on Google’s flagship mobile Android OS that may come with a touchscreen. Users will be able to access all apps available in the Android app market through their new notebook.

Yahoo is taking the next step in its effort to make its most popular services more engaging and accessible to the growing audience connecting to the Internet on smartphones and tablet computers. The mobile push being coordinated by CEO Marissa Mayer has produced Yahoo's first email application for Apple Inc.'s iPad and other tablet computers running on Google Inc.'s Android software.

The German Parliament approved a Euro 10 billion rescue package for Cyprus by a wide margin. Of the 602 lawmakers in the Bundestag chamber, 487 backed the rescue and 102 favor against the bailout deal, under which Cyprus has agreed to impose major losses on depositors, shutter its second largest bank and raise its corporate tax rate.

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