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UPDATE 2-Forum Energy Technologies makes strong market debut

April 12, 2012
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UPDATE 2-Forum Energy Technologies makes strong market debut

Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:55pm BST * Closes 8.75 pct above IPO price * Co's market cap $1.83 bln at close (Updates with closing share price) April 11 (Reuters) - Shares of Forum Energy Technologies (FET.N) closed about 9 percent above their IPO price, a day after the oilfield services company priced its upsized offering…

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Merged Tech Mahindra, Satyam may hire 10,000 new staff

April 10, 2012
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Merged Tech Mahindra, Satyam may hire 10,000 new staff

Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:57am BST BANGALORE, April 10 (Reuters) - The combined entity resulting from the merger of India's Tech Mahindra Ltd (TEML.NS) and Satyam Computer Services Ltd (SATY.NS) may hire as many as 10,000 new employees in the current fiscal year, said Vineet Nayyar, CEO of Tech Mahindra. "We are trying to secure…

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Microsoft trumps Amazon, others for AOL patents

April 9, 2012
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Microsoft trumps Amazon, others for AOL patents

Mon Apr 9, 2012 3:45pm BST * AOL to return 'significant portion' of proceeds to shareholders * Microsoft gets non-exclusive license to the 300 patents AOL retains * AOL shares rise 37 pct before the bell (Adds advisers, background, details, byline) By Sayantani Ghosh and Greg Roumeliotis April 9 (Reuters) - AOL Inc (AOL.N) said…

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BTIG cuts Apple as telcos plan fewer iPhone upgrades

April 9, 2012
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BTIG cuts Apple as telcos plan fewer iPhone upgrades

Mon Apr 9, 2012 7:45pm BST April 9 (Reuters) - Brokerage BTIG downgraded Apple Inc (AAPL.O) to "neutral" from "buy", saying it expects telecom carriers, burdened by subsidies on the iPhone, to resist upgrades in 2012. "We expect post-paid wireless operators to remain firm in their plan to stunt the pace of phone upgrades in…

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UPDATE 2-AOL to sell 800 patents to Microsoft for $1 bln

April 9, 2012
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UPDATE 2-AOL to sell 800 patents to Microsoft for $1 bln

Mon Apr 9, 2012 1:50pm BST * AOL to return 'significant portion' of proceeds to shareholders * Microsoft gets non-exclusive license to the 300 patents AOL retains * AOL shares rise 37 pct before the bell (Adds advisers, background, details, byline) By Sayantani Ghosh and Greg Roumeliotis April 9 (Reuters) - AOL Inc (AOL.N) said…

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James Murdoch confirms departure from BSkyB

April 4, 2012
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James Murdoch confirms departure from BSkyB

Wed Apr 4, 2012 1:20am BST LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) - James Murdoch said on Tuesday he would step down as chairman at BSkyB (BSY.L), in a bid to protect the successful pay-TV group from being damaged by the phone hacking scandal that has hit part-owner News Corp (NWSA.O). "I am aware that my role…

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UPDATE 2-Shares of Millennial Media soar in IPO

March 29, 2012
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UPDATE 2-Shares of Millennial Media soar in IPO

Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:25pm BST (Added closing price) March 29 (Reuters) - Shares of mobile advertising firm Millennial Media Inc (MM.N) nearly doubled in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday, closing at $25. Shares, which also opened at $25, traded as high as $27.90 during the day. Baltimore-based Millennial Media priced its…

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RPT-UPDATE 2-India tax office freezes Unitech shares in Telenor JV

March 29, 2012
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RPT-UPDATE 2-India tax office freezes Unitech shares in Telenor JV

Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:27am BST (Repeats story issued late on Wednesday) * Tax office has "attached" Unitech shares in JV over tax demand * Unitech says tax demand "baseless", has challenged it * Unitech embroiled in a dispute with partner Telenor By Devidutta Tripathy NEW DELHI, March 28 (Reuters) - India's tax office has…

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NFC phone sales to jump to 100 mln in 2012-research

March 26, 2012
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NFC phone sales to jump to 100 mln in 2012-research

Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:03pm BST March 26 (Reuters) - Some 100 million cellphones using Near-field Communication (NFC) technology will be sold this year, with sales more than tripling from a year ago, research firm Berg Insight said on Monday. Handset vendors released more than 40 NFC-enabled models in 2011, hoping to tap emerging market…

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LinkedIn rises 8 pct after Goldman upgrade

March 21, 2012
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LinkedIn rises 8 pct after Goldman upgrade

Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:03pm GMT NEW YORK, March 21 (Reuters) - Shares of professional networking service LinkedIn Corp (LNKD.N) rose more than 8 percent on Wednesday after Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to a "buy" rating, citing factors such as strong demand for its hiring-related services. LinkedIn shares rose $7.66 to $99.50 on the…

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