Technology Report: Facebook shares fall as lock-up period expires

	Click to View in Browser 10/31/2012 Facebook shares fall as lock-up period expires (Reuters) - Facebook Inc shares fell nearly 4 percent in busy trade on Wednesday as the company allowed employees to start selling roughly 230 million shares less than six months after its rocky market debut. UK lawmakers to grill Starbucks, Amazon and Google on tax LONDON (Reuters) - A UK parliamentary committee has invited executives from Starbucks Corp, Google Inc and Amazon.com Inc to answer questions about their tax practices, which allow them to make significant sales in the UK, but pay little tax here. Rosetta Stone and Google settle trademark lawsuit (Reuters) - Language-software maker Rosetta Stone Inc has agreed to drop its trademark infringement lawsuit against Google Inc over the search engine's advertising practices. RIM starts carrier testing on BlackBerry 10 devices TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion has started carrier testing of its new line of BlackBerry 10 devices ahead of the launch of the devices in the first quarter of 2013, the company said on Wednesday. Google denies 1 billion euro French tax claim PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Google denied a newspaper report on Wednesday that it had received a 1 billion euro tax claim from the French authorities. Groupon shares drop after Sandy hit U.S. merchants SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Groupon Inc shares fell more than 8 percent on Wednesday, matching a record low of $4 at one point, on concern Hurricane Sandy will temporarily dent demand for the company's daily deals. AT&T, T-Mobile USA to use each other's networks in NY, NJ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rivals AT&T Inc and T-Mobile USA have agreed to open their networks to customers of the other company in New York and New Jersey where their services were hurt by power outages and flooding after Hurricane Sandy. BMC Software reports lower quarterly profit (Reuters) - Business software maker BMC Software Inc's quarterly profit fell 15 percent as license bookings from its corporate customers declined. Apple's iPad mini packs full-sized punch but screen inferior: reviews SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's entry in the accelerating mobile tablet race squeezes about 35 percent more viewing space onto a lighter package than rival devices from Google or Amazon.com Inc, but it sports inferior resolution and a lofty price tag, two influential reviewers wrote on Tuesday. In hurricane, Twitter proves a lifeline despite pranksters SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As Hurricane Sandy pounded the U.S. Atlantic coast on Monday night, knocking out electricity and Internet connections, millions of residents turned to Twitter as a part-newswire, part-911 hotline that hummed through the night even as some websites failed and swathes of Manhattan fell dark. Related Video Clues to pain relief found in deadly snake venom High speed ice skates put spring in inventor's step Mediafile John C Abell Apple in miniature Kevin Kelleher Marissa Mayer and the art of the earnings call A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend