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Olympus to Hold Special Shareholders Meeting April 20

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 10:58pm
Olympus Corp., the Japanese camera maker suing 19 current and former executives over accounting fraud, will hold an emergency shareholders meeting on April 20, it said yesterday in a statement to the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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Sony, Panasonic Forecast Worsening Losses as Samsung Dominates

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 10:49pm
Japan’s biggest makers of TVs, phones and chips say they’ll lose about $17 billion this year, about three-quarters of what Samsung Electronics Co. will spend on research to lengthen the lead over its competitors.
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Telenor Seeks Norway’s Help After Cancellation of India Permits

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 5:34pm
Telenor ASA has enlisted the help of the Norwegian government to protect its investment in India following the cancellation of 122 mobile-phone licenses by the nation’s top court.
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Blackstone Said to Eye Brocade Buyout as Deal Interest Fades

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 4:46pm
Blackstone Group LP, the world’s largest private-equity firm, is studying a leveraged buyout of Brocade Communications Systems Inc., said a person with knowledge of the situation.
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Micron Technology CEO Steve Appleton Dies in Airplane Crash

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 9:51pm
Steve Appleton, who took charge of Micron Technology Inc. at 34 and went on to become the memory- chip industry’s longest-serving chief executive officer, died after crashing an experimental plane in Boise, Idaho. He was 51.
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Blackstone Said to Eye Brocade Buyout as Deal Interest Fades

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 8:39pm
Blackstone Group LP, the world’s largest private-equity firm, is studying a leveraged buyout of Brocade Communications Systems Inc., said a person with knowledge of the situation.
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Lightspeed Said to Be Raising $875 Million for U.S., China Funds

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 8:38pm
Lightspeed Venture Partners, an investor in LivingSocial.com, has almost completed raising two funds, one in the U.S. and one in China, totaling about $875 million, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
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Hacker Group Anonymous Intercepted U.S. Call Over Investigation

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 8:07pm
The U.S. government said the online hacker group Anonymous intercepted a telephone call between FBI agents and U.K. authorities involving a joint investigation of the group.
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White Male Facebook Board Prompts Questions

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 12:56pm
While most of Facebook’s more than 800 million users are women, and females are more active social networkers, the company’s board lacks women and minority members
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Telenor Seeks Norway’s Help After Cancellation of India Permits

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 11:30am
Telenor ASA has enlisted the help of the Norwegian government to protect its investment in India following the cancellation of 122 mobile-phone licenses by the nation’s top court.
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Panasonic Forecasts Record $10 Billion Loss on Floods, Charges

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 11:27am
Panasonic Corp. almost doubled its annual loss forecast to a record 780 billion yen ($10 billion), the latest Japanese electronics company to predict weaker earnings because of Thailand floods and slowing demand for TVs.
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Orange Austria Deal May Need Changes for Antitrust Approval

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 5:53am
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. and Telekom Austria AG’s purchase of Orange’s Austrian mobile-phone assets may have to be amended to win European and Austrian approval, the country’s Federal Competition Authority said.
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JPMorgan, BofA Sued by New York Over Use of Mortgage Database

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 5:30am
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. were sued by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman over the use of a mortgage database that the state said led to improper foreclosures.
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Micron CEO Steve Appleton Dies in Airplane Crash

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 12:10am
A discussion with former Micron Technology board member Gordon Smith on the death of CEO Steve Appleton
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Billionaire Gives Tips for Switching IPhone Plans From AT&T

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:13pm
Billionaire Carlos Slim’s U.S. mobile carrier is giving users instructions for switching their AT&T Inc. iPhones to his prepaid calling plans, showing them how to disable software aimed at preventing customers from defecting.
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Hitachi Climbs After Maintaining Profit Forecast: Tokyo Mover

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:04pm
Hitachi Ltd., Japan’s second-largest manufacturer, jumped the most in more than 10 months in Tokyo trading after keeping its annual profit forecast unchanged.
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Blackstone Said to Eye Brocade Buyout as Deal Interest Fades

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 10:58pm
Blackstone Group LP, the world’s largest private-equity firm, is studying a leveraged buyout of Brocade Communications Systems Inc., said a person with knowledge of the situation.
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Lightspeed Said to Be Raising $875 Million for U.S., China Funds

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 10:58pm
Lightspeed Venture Partners, an investor in LivingSocial.com, has almost completed raising two funds, one in the U.S. and one in China, totaling about $875 million, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
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Google Sponsors Conservative Conference

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 9:46pm
Google Inc., whose chairman has served as an adviser to President Barack Obama, is one of the sponsors of this month’s Conservative Political Action Conference, co-hosted by the Tea Party.
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White Male Facebook Board Prompts Questions

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 9:29pm
While most of Facebook’s more than 800 million users are women, and females are more active social networkers, the company’s board lacks women and minority members
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