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Adam Satariano / Businessweek:

Apple's Beats Deal Sealed by Ex-Banker Adrian Perica — Apple (AAPL) is arguably the most famous company in the world, but its top dealmaker prefers to stay in the shadows. Adrian Perica, a former Goldman Sachs (GS) banker, sometimes holds meetings with executives of companies he's interested …

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

WWDC 2014 Roundup: Enhanced iOS 8, redesigned OS X 10.10, new hardware (plus fresh details) — Despite Apple CEO Tim Cook teasing that Apple would introduce new products “across 2014,” so far this year the company has simply released a cheaper version of the iPhone 5c in select markets …

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Len Sherman / Fortune:

Amazon should be viewed as a fierce competitor in its dispute with publisher Hachette — Amazon should be viewed as a fierce competitor in its dispute with publisher Hachette. — FORTUNE - As a fight over ebook pricing intensifies between French book publisher Hachette and online retailer Amazon …

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Felix Salmon / Medium:

Median net income for UberX drivers is decent: over $75k a year in NYC — The economics of “everyone's private driver” — What happens when cab drivers stop being employees and start being sole proprietors — Uber, the car service which launched as “everyone's private driver” …

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Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Goodbye to All That: Today Is Katie Cotton's Last Day at Apple — Today, Katie Cotton, perhaps the most powerful communications exec in tech, is retiring from Apple after 18 years. — As Code/red columnist John Paczkowski noted in reporting the departure earlier this month …

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