While the quarter itself was fine, the guidance the glass maker provided to the Street on the outlook for 2012 and beyond was refreshingly frank but clearly disappointing to investors.

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Merck did fine here, with many years as the only maker of an integrase inhibitor, but it does seem the companies following in its wake may have an easier time.

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Happily, though, Synaptics says that's something it's able to fine-tune, depending on whether a PC maker wants a firmer keyboard or something a bit softer. (We say the market has enough flat, lifeless Ultrabook keyboards, but that's just us.) In any case, we hope to test a more polished keyboard sometime later -- one that has all those additional touch-sensitive features enabled.

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These days fine whiskey appears to be appreciating faster than fine wine, especially when its rarity is increased by the demise of its maker.

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The proposed fine is the largest civil penalty assessed by the auto safety regulator against a car maker.

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