UPDATE 2-FDA tobacco control nears after Senate vote

* Bill could go to Obama soon, top House Democrat says

* Health orgs cheer vote, industry divided

(Recasts, adds reaction, byline, background)

By Susan Heavey

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Who you going to play? "Ghostbusters" back as game

Actors Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson stepped into the recording studio to breathe life into their virtual characters for a new "Ghostbusters" game from Atari, which ...[more]

UPDATE 3-National Semi posts loss but sees solid Q1

* Q1 revenue projected to be $285 million to $305 million

* Shares down more than 3 percent (Recasts, adds analyst and CEO comments)

SAN FRANCISCO, June 11 (Reuters) - Nat ...[more]

Yahoo hires CFO from Altera

Tim Morse -- who also worked at General Electric Co for 15 years -- will succeed Blake Jorgensen as CFO, reporting to CEO Carol Bartz, who has been reshuffling management and streamlining ope ...[more]

Conan loses viewers after "Tonight Show" debut

O'Brien averaged 6.1 million viewers a night last week during his much-hyped opening stand on NBC's "The Tonight Show," compared to an average of 3.5 million viewers for his main competitor, ...[more]

Bad text messaging, e-mailing manners can be costly

One of the newer forms of poor office etiquette -- paying more attention to a hand-held device than to a conversation or business meeting -- happens so frequently that businesses are complain ...[more]

UPDATE 1-Conan loses viewers after "Tonight Show" debut

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES, June 11 (Reuters) - Conan O'Brien ruled late-night television in his first week hosting "The Tonight Show," but viewers deserted him as the days pro ...[more]

Microsoft to sell Windows in EU without browser

The abrupt reversal comes shortly before the European Commission is due to rule on antitrust charges brought against Microsoft in January, claiming that the world's largest software company a ...[more]

Univision amends debt to buy time, liquidity--exec

* Says slide in ad sales appears over for now

* Says amended debt takes pressure off liquidity needs

LOS ANGELES, June 11 (Reuters) - A top Univision Communications executi ...[more]

UPDATE 4-Microsoft to sell Windows in EU without browser

* Counters European antitrust concerns

* European regulators respond critically

* Microsoft shares up, Google down (Adds European Commission reaction)

By Bill Rig ...[more]

Mobile apps to spur broadband spending: U.S. tech czar

Aneesh Chopra, recently appointed the country's chief technology officer by U.S. President Barack Obama, said growing mobile Internet access, underscored by the popularity of Apple Inc's iPho ...[more]

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