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Huawei accuses InterDigital of "abusing" its position and demanding "exploitative" fees to use its patented technology, said to be essential to 3G in mobile devices

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Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei has filed a competition complaint against US firm InterDigital with European Union regulators. Huawei accuses InterDigital of "abusing" its position...

Bankia, which is Spain's fourth-largest bank, was part-nationalized two weeks ago because of its problems with bad property debt

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Trading in shares in Bankia, Spain's fourth-largest bank, has been suspended in Madrid. Bankia asked them to be suspended ahead of a board meeting this...

Gina Rinehart, 58, is now worth A$29 billion ($28 billion), having increased her wealth by nearly A$20 billion in a year

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Gina Rinehart, an Australian mining magnate, has become the world's richest woman, according to the country's respected business magazine BRW. The magazine says Gina Rinehart,...

Morgan Stanley announced in a memo on Wednesday that it is reviewing Facebook trades and would adjust prices for some retail customers who overpaid

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Amid a flurry of lawsuits over Facebook's IPO, Morgan Stanley, the company’s top underwriter, says it's prepared to pay back investors who were burned...

Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest maker of personal computers, is planning to cut 27,000 jobs by end of 2014

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Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest maker of personal computers, is planning to cut 27,000 jobs by end of 2014. Hewlett-Packard said the cuts - about 8%...

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has announced that EU leaders want Greece to remain in the eurozone but to "respect its commitments"

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European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has announced that EU leaders want Greece to remain in the eurozone but to "respect its commitments". Herman Van...

Egyptians are voting for the second day in the country's first free presidential elections

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Egyptians are voting for the second day in the country's first free presidential elections - 15 months after Hosni Mubarak was ousted. Queues are being...

Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook leading investors cashed out millions of shares before the price dropped off

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Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO, and leading investors in the company cashed out millions of shares before the price dropped off, according to...

A new research by Mintel shows that almost one in four women (23 percent) now rely on dry shampoo to achieve a bouffant bounce

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Sales of dry shampoo have rocketed in the past 12 months and this year are set to reach £17 million ($27 million) in UK. Experts...

Barack Obama may have got worse high school grades than George W. Bush after new evidence showed the current president was among a college class with poor average SAT scores

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It appears Barack Obama may have got worse high school grades than George W. Bush after new evidence showed the current president was among...

Crystal Lagoons, the Chilean company that creates immense crystalline lagoons as Guinness world record-holding swimming pool San Alfonso del Mar, and real estate company Sama Jordan inaugurated Dead Sea Lagoon near Aman

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Crystal Lagoons, the Chilean company that creates immense crystalline lagoons as Guinness world record-holding swimming pool San Alfonso del Mar, and real estate company...

Facebook's flotation has run into more controversy amid reports of concerns about the way advisers disclosed information to investors

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Facebook's flotation has run into more controversy amid reports of concerns about the way advisers disclosed information to investors. As Facebook shares fell another 9%...

The US$ 3 million pool, which covers an eight hectare area equivalent to 6,000 backyard pools, was built using Chilean firm Crystal Lagoons’ technology as part of the San Alfonso del Mar condominium project

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The Chilean firm Crystal Lagoons aims to revolutionize the real estate industry with patented technology that allows developers to create huge crystalline lagoons anywhere...

Fiat and Mazda have decided to form an alliance to develop two-seater sports cars

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Fiat and Mazda have decided to form an alliance to develop two-seater sports cars. The alliance will work on a car for Fiat's Alfa Romeo...

Egyptians are starting to vote in their first free presidential election, 15 months after ousting Hosni Mubarak in the Arab Spring uprising

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Egyptians are starting to vote in their first free presidential election, 15 months after ousting Hosni Mubarak in the Arab Spring uprising. Fifty million people...

Google's $12.5 billion purchase of phone maker Motorola Mobility has been completed days after it received approval from the Chinese government

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Google's $12.5 billion purchase of phone maker Motorola Mobility has been completed days after it received approval from the Chinese government. Chinese authorities said Google...

A French prosecutor has ordered an initial inquiry into claims that Dominique Strauss-Kahn was involved in "gang rape" in Washington

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A French prosecutor has ordered an initial inquiry into claims that Dominique Strauss-Kahn was involved in "gang rape" in Washington. The allegations come from a...

Facebook shares have fallen in early trading on Wall Street to below the price at which they were floated

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Facebook shares have fallen in early trading on Wall Street to below the price at which they were floated. Despite the wider market in buoyant...

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A picture of France’s First Lady Valerie Trierweiler taken on the beach when she was just 16 year-old reveals the natural elegance that has...

Tomislav Nikolic is the newly-elected president of Serbia, with liberal incumbent Boris Tadic admitting defeat soon after polls closed

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Tomislav Nikolic is the newly-elected president of Serbia, with liberal incumbent Boris Tadic admitting defeat soon after polls closed. Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic has 50.21% of...

Greece has been unable to form a government, and new elections seem set to give power to parties that reject the spending cuts that have been agreed with other eurozone governments and the International Monetary Fund

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There is more and more speculation that Greece is about to leave the euro. Greece has been unable to form a government, and new elections...

Facebook’s less-than-stellar debut saw its shares end the day on Friday just 23 cents, or 0.6 percent, higher than its initial price, at $38.23, valuing the company at $104.2 billion

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Some less-than-enthused analysts are already warning their clients against buying Facebook’s shares one day after the social networking site rolled out its much-anticipated IPO. Brian...

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has arrived in New York with his family to begin a new life in the United States

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Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has arrived in New York with his family to begin a new life in the United States. The blind human rights...

G8 leaders of the world's most powerful economies say they want debt-stricken Greece to remain in the eurozone

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G8 leaders of the world's most powerful economies say they want debt-stricken Greece to remain in the eurozone. In their summit communique, G8 leaders also...

Greek officials said Chancellor Angela Merkel had suggested Greece could hold a referendum on the euro when it votes in national elections next month

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has had telephone contact with Greece’s President Karolos Papoulias, amid continuing speculation that his country may have to leave the...