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AT&T/T-Mobile expected to survive regulatory review

AT&T's planned buy of Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA will face major demands from U.S. regulators, including extensive asset sales and promises to serve rural areas, but the $39 billion deal is expected to ultimately get a government nod.
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Investors cheer AT&T/Mobile USA deal

AT&T Inc's bold $39 billion plan to snap up Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA was applauded by investors, although worries about whether it will win approval limited the share rally.
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Apple approves anti-gay healing alternative iPhone app

Apple is once again in the center of the heated gay debate after it approved an iPhone app created by Christian group Exodus which has been designed to be a useful resource for men, women, parents, students, and ministry leaders.
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Investors cheer AT&T-T-Mobile USA deal

Investors cheered AT&T Inc's deal to snap up Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA in a $39 billion transaction that reshapes the U.S. wireless landscape.
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New royal wedding one-stop shop app launches

Those who want to keep up with the latest news about next month's royal wedding, polish up their palace protocol or pass on marriage advice to the royal couple can now buy a one-stop wedding shop iPad application.
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Google accuses China of blocking Gmail

Google Inc on Monday accused the Chinese government of making it difficult for Gmail users to access the service in the country, the latest development in a rocky relationship between the two.
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Sony and Nissan restart some factories

TOKYO - Sony Corp <6758.T> said it would partially restart a lithium ion battery factory in Tochigi prefecture on Tuesday, leaving six plants, which make a range of devices from integrated circuit cards to Blu-ray discs, still closed.
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Can Adobe Preserve Its Flash?

Adobe Flash may struggle to gain adoption on the Post-PC devices including smartphones and tablets as behavioral shift of consumers to apps from web browsing may make Flash less relevant on these devices, according to Global Equities Research.
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T-Mobile's Memo to Staff on the AT&T Deal

T-Mobile employees were no doubt as shocked as everyone else to learn on Sunday of the plans to sell the company to AT&T for $39 billion. Here is the full memo to employees
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Facebook to buy mobile app developer Snaptu

Facebook has agreed to buy Snaptu, an application developer for mobile devices that are less sophisticated than smartphones, as the world's largest Internet social network focuses on expanding its mobile services.
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GM curtails spending, travel on Japan crisis

General Motors Co has suspended all nonessential spending and global travel while the automaker assesses the impact of the crisis in Japan on the company, a GM spokesman said on Saturday.
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Eli Lilly very much opposed to merger: CEO

Drugmaker Eli Lilly , which faces plunging sales due to competition and lapsing patents, will not merge with another peer to ride out any rough times ahead, chief executive John Lechleitr said on Saturday.
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IBM pays $10 million to settle bribery complaint

IBM has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a complaint its employees tried to bribe South Korean and Chinese officials with cash, gifts and entertainment in return for business for more than a decade.
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U.S. says Samsung SDI to pay fine for price-fixing

Samsung SDI Co Ltd <006400.KS> has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $32 million criminal fine for its role in a scheme to fix prices of color display tubes, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.
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Letter tied to Hurd's HP ouster to be unsealed

A letter that had prompted Mark Hurd's abrupt resignation as chief of Hewlett-Packard Co was ordered unsealed by a Delaware judge, potentially revealing more details of his dramatic exit last year.
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Cisco to pay first-ever quarterly dividend

Top network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc plans to pay a dividend for the first time, helping appease investors' concerns about slowing growth by returning more of its ample cash hoard.
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Cisco to pay first cash dividend

Cisco Systems Inc plans to pay a cash dividend to shareholders for the first time, helping appease investors' concerns about its growth and eroding margins and sending its shares up nearly 3 percent.
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Work begun on first Windows Nokia phones: Elop

Work has begun on the first Nokia Oyj smartphones based on Microsoft Corp software following the partnership announced by the companies last month, Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop told Reuters.

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