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Judge says leaning toward U.S. in Apple e-books case

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge expressed a tentative view that the U.S. Justice Department will be able to show evidence Apple Inc engaged in a conspiracy with publishers to increase e-books prices. Full story

Apple supplier Cirrus slumps as pricing pressure grows

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of Apple <AAPL.O> supplier Cirrus Logic <CRUS.O> slumped 18 percent on Thursday after the chipmaker said in a filing it faces growing pricing pressure in the smartphone market. Full story

Top Lines: IRS, taking the Fifth, Superman and an Apple a day

  Republicans and Democrats take on an IRS official; she takes the Fifth; Colbert sees a Lois Lane lookalike; and everyone loves Apple in today’s Top Lines.

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Apple enjoyed Irish tax holiday from the start

EU wants big companies to reveal national tax bills

Apple, former Washington wallflower, now at center of tax fight

Ireland says will not be U.S. 'whipping boy' on tax

States reach settlement with Penguin on ebooks

EU leaders talk tough on tackling Amazon, Google over taxes

EU leaders look to end Apple-style tax avoidance schemes

Apple, Congress spar over taxes ahead of Tuesday hearing

Apple to argue for tax reform, defend tax practices on Tuesday

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  Inside the Moonshot Factory – Google’s ‘nerd heaven’

Building the world’s most-visited website is only the beginning and now Google is tackling everything from eyeglasses that display email to floating turbines that collect wind power. Josh Tyrangiel of Bloomberg Businessweek joins Morning Joe with an inside look at Google’s secret lab.

  Nate Silver sits atop this year's Fast Company business list

Fast Company has released its list of the 100 most creative people in business, including "Man Men" star Bryan Cranston and the New York Times' Nate Silver. The magazine's editor, Robert Safian, joins Morning Joe to discuss why these names and others made the grade.

  'Mitt Romney rich': How Al Gore came to be worth roughly $200M

Former VP Al Gore is almost as rich as Mitt Romney, according to a new in-depth Bloomberg analysis of his wealth placing it at roughly $200 million. Bloomberg News' Ken Wells joins Morning Joe to discuss Gore's wealth, $70M of which came from the sale of Current TV.

  Hung Up on Smartphones?

A commercial for Microsoft's Windows phone mocks the smartphone war between Apple and Samsung. Jonathan Geller, BGR and Sascha Sagan, PC Magazine Mobile, discuss whether this will work for Microsoft sales, whether tablets might be obsolete in 5 years, ...

  Apple Increases Stock Buyback Program

Apple released its better-than-expected Q2 earnings report. Where the stock is headed, with Gene Munster, Piper Jaffray; David Pearl, Epoch Investment Partners; and Steve Kovach, Business Insider.

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Apple's Head of tax operations Bullock appears before Senate homeland security and governmental affairs investigations subcommittee in Washington

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