|                                                |   |  |                                                           |  |                                | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mishandling of Facebook's initial public   offering in May has rattled the confidence of retail investors,   who were already leery of financial markets following a string   of crises over the past several years, Fred Tomczyk, chief executive   of TD Ameritrade, said on Thursday. |  |  |                                                |                                                            |                                                                       |  |                                      | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Determined to keep tabs on New York City   police officers' "stop-and-frisk" campaign? There's an app for   that. |  |  |  |                                                |                                                            |    |  |                                                                       |  |                                      | TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd will   no longer produce the cheapest version of its poorly selling   PlayBook tablet, but it said it remains committed to a tablet   computer market it has struggled to break into. |  |  |  |                                                |                                                            |                                                                       |  |                                      | (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc  has objected to the U.S. government's   proposed settlement of its price-fixing lawsuit against top   publishers and Apple Inc , saying it would harm book sellers   and "millions and millions" of book buyers. |  |  |  |                                                |                                                            |                                                                       |  |                                      | HELSINKI (Reuters) - Europe's traditional phone companies, already   under pressure from cheap internet-based services like Skype,   are about to face more competition from a group of Nordic start-ups   that will offer low-cost mobile calls and other services. |  |  |  |                                                |                                                            |                                                                       |  |                                      | BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The video game company owned by former   Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling filed bankruptcy papers   on Thursday, less than two years after it won a $75 million   loan guarantee from Rhode Island, and federal and state agencies   may be investigating the company, 38 Studios. |  |  |  |                                                |                                                            |   |  |                                                                       |  |                                      | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Google Inc is dipping its toe into the customer-service   business as the world's largest Internet search company steps   up competition with e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. |  |  |  |                                                 |   |  |                                                           |  |                                | LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone and Telefonica's O2 announced on   Thursday plans to share a network in Britain to improve coverage   and speed up the roll-out of a new superfast mobile service   at a time of weak consumer spending. |  |  |                                                 |                                                           |  |                                | (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp said on Thursday its Virgin Mobile   prepaid business would start selling Apple Inc's iPhone later   this month, pitching it against smaller prepaid rival Leap Wireless   International Inc. |  |  |                                                 |                                                           |  |                                | (Reuters) - Network equipment maker Sandvine Corp estimated smaller-than-expected   revenue for the second quarter due to delays in closing several   projects with Spanish telecom company Telefonica SA. |  |  |  |                                               |  |                          |                                                           |  |                                |  |                                |                                                                       | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. 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