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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Technology Report: Olympus execs quit before showdown with ex-CEO

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11/24/2011
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The chances of AT&T's bid for T-Mobile USA succeeding rapidly diminshed after AT&T said it would take a $4 billion charge in case its takeover fails. The telecommunications group and T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom, said they would continue to pursue anti-trust approval for the $39 billion takeover from the Department of Justice, but withdrew for now applications to the industry regulator.

Both the DOJ and the FCC oppose the deal. FCC approval would be meaningless if the DOJ blocked the transaction, and AT&T and Deutsche Telekom said they would return to the FCC process if they secured approval from the DOJ. Analysts said the merger, badly needed by sub-scale T-Mobile USA , looked less likely than ever to succeed.

Microsoft is planning the first beta of its Office 15 software in January, techblog WinRumors writes.
Microsoft will provide a Technology Preview of the software initially, expected at CES 2012 alongside the Windows 8 beta. Office 15 will be designed with touch at the heart of the applications. Microsoft has redesigned the general look and feel of its popular Outlook email client to make it usable by touch, pen and mouse.

Internet service providers cannot be forced to block their users from downloading songs illegally, as such an order would breach EU rules, Europe's highest court said. The Luxembourg-based EU Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its verdict in a case involving Belgian music royalty collecting society SABAM and Belgian telecom operator Belgacom unit Scarlet. European consumer organization BEUC said the ruling should get authorities and companies thinking about a fairer way to provide easily accessible legal digital content for consumers.

Alibaba.com, China's largest e-commerce firm, posted an 11.9 percent rise in quarterly net profit, its slowest growth in nearly two years, with the company raising concerns due to a weak trade outlook stemming from debt woes in the U.S. and Europe. The third-quarter results missed analyst forecasts and were attributed to a weak macroeconomic climate that led to a slower pace of customer additions.
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Olympus execs quit before showdown with ex-CEO
November 24, 2011 09:39 AM ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - Three executives of Japan's Olympus Corp resigned on Thursday ahead of a boardroom showdown with ousted CEO Michael Woodford, as the British whistleblower said he would not be surprised if "some criminality" were involved in the scandal engulfing the once-venerable firm. | Full Article
Thailand's surreal industrial park: crocodiles but no chips
November 24, 2011 05:51 AM ET
AYUTTHAYA, Thailand (Reuters) - Knee-deep in foul-smelling water, workers are piling office equipment, documents and food onto fiber boats that ferry them from one building on Hana Microelectronics' 12-acre company site to another with more space on higher floors. | Full Article
Most Britons oppose children having mobile phones, poll finds
November 24, 2011 08:52 AM ET
(Reuters) - Nearly three-quarters of Britons think it is inappropriate for children under 12 to own a mobile phone, despite the fact that most kids already have them, according to a poll on Thursday. | Full Article
HTC cuts Q4 revenue growth forecast; shares tumble
November 23, 2011 08:37 PM ET
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's HTC Corp cut its revenue forecast for the fourth quarter to no growth over the same period a year earlier from around 20 percent to 30 percent year on year growth previously, surprising the market and sending its shares tumbling 7 percent. | Full Article
UK broadband providers told to come clean on speed
November 24, 2011 10:28 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - British telecoms regulator Ofcom said on Thursday broadband suppliers should be clearer about how they manage traffic on their networks and the speeds users can expect to achieve. | Full Article
BUSINESS NEWS
Sarkozy, Merkel agree to stop sniping on ECB crisis
November 24, 2011 03:55 PM ET
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - France and Germany agreed on Thursday to stop arguing in public over whether the European Central Bank should do more to rescue the euro zone from a deepening sovereign debt crisis. | Full Article
European shares fall on Merkel comments
November 24, 2011 02:49 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - European shares fell for the sixth consecutive session in low volume on Thursday after German Chancellor Angela Merkel restated her position against changing the role of the European Central Bank to ease the euro zone debt crisis. | Full Article
Fitch cuts Portugal rating on high debts, worse outlook
November 24, 2011 11:32 AM ET
LISBON (Reuters) - Fitch downgraded Portugal's credit rating to junk status on Thursday, citing large fiscal imbalances, high debts and the risks to its EU-mandated austerity program from a worsening economic outlook. | Full Article
Quebec hearing lifts Maple's hopes on TMX takeover
November 24, 2011 03:59 PM ET
MONTREAL (Reuters) - A Canadian consortium aiming to buy the operator of the country's largest exchanges said the C$3.8 billion deal would likely win regulatory approval, its hopes boosted by a first day of hearings on Thursday. | Full Article
Thanksgiving kicks off fight for holiday sales
November 24, 2011 04:10 PM ET
(Reuters) - The holiday shopping season is in full swing on Thursday, with retailers hoping consumers will spend big despite worries about the fragile economy and their own precarious finances. | Full Article
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DAI: Sarkozy, Merkel agree to stop sniping on ECB crisis

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11/24/2011
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Sarkozy, Merkel agree to stop sniping on ECB crisis
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - France and Germany agreed on Thursday to stop arguing in public over whether the European Central Bank should do more to rescue the euro zone from a deepening sovereign debt crisis. | Full Article
FCC eyes AT&T request to pull applications
November 24, 2011 04:34 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. telecommunications regulator said on Thursday it will consider a request from AT&T to withdraw applications on a proposal to take over T-Mobile USA, owned by Deutsche Telekom. | Full Article
European shares fall on Merkel comments
November 24, 2011 02:49 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - European shares fell for the sixth consecutive session in low volume on Thursday after German Chancellor Angela Merkel restated her position against changing the role of the European Central Bank to ease the euro zone debt crisis. | Full Article
Fitch cuts Portugal rating on high debts, worse outlook
November 24, 2011 11:32 AM ET
LISBON (Reuters) - Fitch downgraded Portugal's credit rating to junk status on Thursday, citing large fiscal imbalances, high debts and the risks to its EU-mandated austerity program from a worsening economic outlook. | Full Article
Olympus execs quit before showdown with ex-CEO
November 24, 2011 09:39 AM ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - Three executives of Japan's Olympus Corp resigned on Thursday ahead of a boardroom showdown with ousted CEO Michael Woodford, as the British whistleblower said he would not be surprised if "some criminality" were involved in the scandal engulfing the once-venerable firm. | Full Article
US TOP NEWS
Arabs give Syria one day to agree monitors or face sanctions
November 24, 2011 02:40 PM ET
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League gave Syria one day to sign a protocol allowing monitors into the country or face sanctions over its crackdown on protests including halting flights and suspending transactions with the central bank. | Full Article
Thanksgiving kicks off fight for holiday sales
November 24, 2011 04:10 PM ET
(Reuters) - The holiday shopping season is in full swing on Thursday, with retailers hoping consumers will spend big despite worries about the fragile economy and their own precarious finances. | Full Article
Egypt army picks new PM, protesters plan mass rally
November 24, 2011 04:09 PM ET
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian former prime minister Kamal Ganzouri accepted a request from the ruling generals to form a new government, state media reported, but protesters brushed away their choice and vowed to hold another mass rally on Friday to demand the army quit power. | Full Article
German bonds fall; stocks, euro vulnerable
November 24, 2011 08:34 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - German government bond yields hit their highest in nearly a month and world stocks held near 7-week lows Thursday, a day after a weak debt sale in Berlin fanned fears the euro zone debt crisis is starting to threaten its biggest > falling 115 ticks on the day to 134.66, the lowest since October 31. | Full Article
James Turley to retire as Ernst & Young CEO
November 24, 2011 02:58 PM ET
(Reuters) - Accounting and consulting firm Ernst & Young said chairman and chief executive James Turley will retire in June 2013. | Full Article
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Russian anchor off air for finger gesture in Obama story
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Mayor stages hunger strike as residents shiver
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Nike creates jacket based on Ibra's tattoos
Rats help Colombia sniff out deadly landmines
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