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BUOYED BY EMERGENCY INVESTMENTS FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY PEERS, ONE OF AMERICA’S GREATEST TECH COMPANIES IS IN THE FIGHT OF ITS LIFE .

From new Samsung Galaxy phones to stair-climbing robots.

THIS SPRING, AS GLOBAL MARKETS GYRATED, SOME OF THE world’s most influential investors and executives sat in a Scottsdale, Ariz., conference room engaged in deep discussion. But rather than President