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Windows Phone surpasses Symbian in Britain: survey

Sales of smartphones with Microsoft Windows software have surpassed those using Nokia's old Symbian system in Britain, research showed on Tuesday, a sign of progress in Nokia's switch to Microsoft software.
Amnesty International calls on Asma al-Assad, wife of embattled Syrian president, to use influence to defend rights of all peaceful activists

Asma Al-Assad: Syrian First Lady Faces EU Sanctions, Writes 'I Am The REAL Dictator'

Asma al-Assad, the 38-year-old wife of Syrian regime leader Bashir al-Assad and a former investment banker, will likely join 114 other Syrians on a list of sanctioned individuals by the European Union, freezing her assets to preventing shopping, travel and other commerce in foreign countries; meanwhile, reports emerge of Assad's emails to friends where she boasts of the power of the Syrian regime, and that she is the real dictator.
The euro zone saw a trade surplus after four months of gains.

EU Considers New Controls For Shadow Banking Sector

The European Commission is widening its regulatory sweep to include "shadow" banking, heralding new controls over the sprawling and largely unchartered 46 trillion euro ($61 trillion) sector blamed for helping trigger the financial crisis.
Software merger and acquisition activity increases

Misys Accepts $2B Bid, But Some Investors Hope For More

Directors of the U.K. banking-software company accepted a £1.27 billion ($2 billion) cash bid from San Francisco private-equity firm Vista Equity Partners that represents a 6 percent premium to Misys's closing price Friday.

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