The applications market reached a first-ever milestone of the last week of 2011. Over one billion apps were downloaded in the span of one week. Resource for this article: More than a billion apps downloaded in a week

Apps explosion

A huge price fixing scheme has broken involving Furukawa, a car part supply company that makes parts for a number of car manufacturers. The executives who participated in the price fixing scheme are facing prison terms. The company appears to have been fixing costs in more nations than previously assumed, however. Article source: Investigation deepens in auto parts price-fixing scandal

Jail sentence for crimes