|                                                |                                                           |  |                                | TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp slashed its earnings guidance for   the third time in a year on Thursday to barely 10 percent of   its initial outlook as further losses from its PC exit cast   a pall over its struggling electronics division. |  |  |                                                |                                                            |                                                                       |  |                                      | BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft is helping the estimated hundreds   of millions of customers still running Windows XP, which it   stopped supporting earlier this month, by providing an emergency   update to fix a critical bug in its Internet Explorer browser. |  |  |  |                                                |                                                            |                                                                       |  |                                      | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc has urged U.S.   regulators not to restrict how much it can buy in next year's   auction of wireless spectrum, saying such a limit would subsidize   the smallest national carriers and their foreign owners. |  |  |  |                                                |                                                            |                                                                       |  |                                      | (Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc said it added a record number of   customers in the first quarter, blowing past its competitors   as the company's aggressive discounts lured in subscribers |  |  |  |                                                |                                                            |                                                                       |  |                                      | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The online commerce company eBay Inc has   agreed to refrain from making deals with other technology companies   to not poach each others' employees and by doing so limit workers'   access to better jobs, U.S. authorities said on Thursday. |  |  |  |                                                |                                                            |                                                                       |  |                                      | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Telefonica Deutschland has sweetened its   offer of concessions in order to win European Union approval   for its planned takeover of KPN's E-Plus unit in Germany, a   spokesman for the telecoms firm said. |  |  |  |                                                |                                                            |                                                                       |  |                                      | NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India said on Thursday it would hold trade   talks on intellectual property rights with the United States   after its general election, buying time to address friction   over drug patents until a new government is formed. |  |  |  |                                                 |                                                           |  |                                | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook introduced new features on   Wednesday that let users limit how much personal information   they share with third-party mobile apps, a move meant to quell   privacy concerns as the social network seeks to become a top   entry port to the Internet. |  |  |                                                 |                                                           |  |                                | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc is spinning off its location   awareness technology, which is compatible with Apple Inc's iBeacon   version, to a group of investors including music, sports and   arena conglomerate AEG. |  |  |                                                 |                                                           |  |                                | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared   unsure how to proceed in a dispute over whether Limelight Networks   Inc infringed upon patented technology for managing Web images   and video held by Akamai Technologies Inc. |  |  |  |                                               |  |                          |                                                           |  |                                |  |                                |                                                                       | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. 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