Daily MailNokia CEO Stephen Elop said to be top contender to replace Microsoft CEO ...Daily MailThe CEO of Finnish mobile phone company Nokia is the odds-on favorite to replace Steve Ballmer as the head of Microsoft. Stephen Elop was the head of Microsoft's business software division from 2008 to 2010. With Microsoft's $7.2billion acquisition of ...Microsoft Nokia deal bolsters Microsoft's patent accessCNETInsight: As Finland reels, Microsoft doubles down with Nokia phone dealReuters UKWith Microsoft-Nokia deal, Stephen Elop makes unprecedented journey back to ...Financial PostNewsday -New Yorker (blog) -Forbesall 2,123 news articles »
Financial PostWith Microsoft-Nokia deal, Stephen Elop makes unprecedented journey back to ...Financial PostOn the surface, struggling smartphone makers BlackBerry and Nokia share much in common. But Nokia was actually able to find a buyer and seal a deal. Continue reading. In a maneuver that will surely generate a chapter in a business school textbook in the ...Insight: As Finland reels, Microsoft doubles down with Nokia phone dealReuters UKMicrosoft makes push for mobile market with Nokia buyNewsdayHistory Isn't on Side of Microsoft-Nokia Tie UpWall Street JournalForbes -Bloomberg -Reutersall 2,116 news articles »
Telegraph.co.ukNew Vodafone calls to dividend loversThe Globe and MailInvestors who want big dividends and don't mind risk may want to consider a stake in Vodafone Group PLC now that the British wireless giant has agreed to shed its U.S. holdings in a mammoth $130-billion (U.S.) deal. The deal to sell its 45-per-cent stake in ...Verizon Sets Rate on $61 Billion Financing for Wireless PurchaseBusinessweekVodafone's Surfer CEO Colao Dismantles Global EmpireBloombergCANADA STOCKS-TSX touches three-month high as telecoms jumpReutersBarron's (blog) -CBC.ca -Financial Postall 1,393 news articles »
Daily MailNew Vodafone calls to dividend loversThe Globe and MailInvestors who want big dividends and don't mind risk may want to consider a stake in Vodafone Group PLC now that the British wireless giant has agreed to shed its U.S. holdings in a mammoth $130-billion (U.S.) deal. The deal to sell its 45-per-cent stake in ...Verizon Sets Rate on $61 Billion Financing for Wireless PurchaseBusinessweekAT&T Wins US Assent for $1.9 Billion Airwaves Buy From VerizonBloombergVerizon: Bulls Laud VOD Deal Despite Numerous Debt, Share QuestionsBarron's (blog)CBC.ca -Wall Street Journal -Wiredall 1,360 news articles »
The Times (subscription)Lethal toll as women quit 'unbearable' cancer drug tamoxifenThe Times (subscription)Hundreds of women are dying needlessly every year because unbearable side effects force them to stop taking the most common breast cancer drug, research suggests. The NHS is being urged to help patients to cope with the treatment as it emerged that ...and more »
The GuardianSyria strikes: Obama risks being pushed into a prolonged military campaignThe GuardianDemonstrators protest in front of the White House against possible US military strikes on Syria. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. What was initially conceived as an American warning slap at Bashar al-Assad could be turning into something ...and more »
New York TimesShorter names for Nokia phones, says MicrosoftThe Star-Ledger - NJ.comNothing like a $7 billion Microsoft-Nokia deal to snap the mobile technology community out of its holiday weekend stupor. Microsoft announced very early this morning that it will pay Nokia $4.99 billion for its mobile business and another $2.18 billion to ink a ...Tough action ahead in three-screen deliveryEconomic TimesWhy People Don't Buy Microsoft's Phones (And Might Not Start)Huffington PostNokia buy can't fix Windows Phone biggest hurdle: ItselfCNETUSA TODAY -CTV News -NBCNews.com (blog)all 2,134 news articles »
The Globe and MailConsumers lose out as Verizon pulls plug on Canadian expansionThe Globe and MailIf you are to believe the chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications Inc., all the controversy stirred by the American mobile carrier's arrival in Canada was much ado about nothing. “It was always on the fringe for us,†said Lowell McAdam in a conference ...AT&T Wins US Assent for $1.9 Billion Airwaves Buy From VerizonBloombergVerizon: Bulls Laud VOD Deal Despite Numerous Debt, Share QuestionsBarron's (blog)Wireless competition coming even without Verizon, says ministerCBC.caFinancial Post -Wall Street Journal -CTV Newsall 1,345 news articles »
The GuardianMalala Opens Europe's Largest LibraryHispanicBusiness.comMalala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl and women's education activist shot last year by the Taliban, on Tuesday opened Europe's largest lending library in Birmingham, where she came for treatment. She used her opening speech to declare that "pens ...Taliban shooting victim Malala Yousafzai opens Birmingham libraryExpress.co.ukMalala Yousafzai Says 'Pens and Books' Will Defeat TerrorismThe Atlantic WireMalala: Books can fight terrorismIrish IndependentThe Hindu -Los Angeles Times -Jezebelall 85 news articles »
Washington Post (blog)What are GOP leaders doing on Syria?Washington Post (blog)Republican leaders in the House and Senate are beginning to show their hand on Syria. Their message is: We're not going to stop you (even if you want to be stopped) but you'll have to make the case directly to members. Speaker of the House John Boehner ...and more »
New York TimesWhy People Don't Buy Microsoft's Phones (And Might Not Start)Huffington PostMicrosoft's $7.2 billion deal to buy ailing smartphone maker Nokia will likely do little to change one basic problem these two companies face: No one seems all that interested in their flagship phones, the Nokia-made Lumia line, which runs Microsoft software.BlackBerry shares boosted after Microsoft-Nokia dealCTV NewsMicrosoft 'Elops' with Nokia's handset businessBusiness Times (subscription)Microsoft reaches $7.2B deal for Nokia handset businessUSA TODAYMarketWatch -Reuters Canada -YLE Newsall 2,142 news articles »
CBC.caWireless competition coming even without Verizon, says ministerCBC.caThe conditions are right for a fourth competitor to emerge in the Canadian wireless market, despite Verizon Communications' decision not to enter Canada, Industry Minister James Moore says. And Wind Mobile CEO Anthony Lacavera says his company is ...Questor: what Vodafone shareholders need to know about the payoutTelegraph.co.ukVodafone deal concerns weigh on Verizon share priceFinancial TimesBumper Vodafone sale to help UK stocksReutersVancouver Sun -CTV News -Daily News & Analysisall 1,314 news articles »
Telegraph.co.ukAT&T Wins US Assent for $1.9 Billion Airwaves Buy From VerizonBloombergAT&T Inc. (T) won U.S. permission to buy airwaves from Verizon Wireless for $1.9 billion, helping bolster its high-speed data network in areas covering 42 million people. The Federal Communications Commission said in an e-mailed statement today it ...Verizon: Bulls Laud VOD Deal Despite Numerous Debt, Share QuestionsBarron's (blog)Now that Verizon isn't coming to Canada, will consumers face price hikes?Financial PostToronto Stocks Start September On a Bright NoteWall Street JournalToronto Star -CTV News -CBC.caall 1,344 news articles »
The Atlantic WireMalala Yousafzai Says 'Pens and Books' Will Defeat TerrorismThe Atlantic WireMalala Yousafzai, the young girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan for campaigning for girls' education, opened a library today in Birmingham, England, in what is further proof that her assailants have only furthered her cause. After Yousafzai ...Malala Yousafzai Helps Open Europe's Largest Public LibraryJezebelMalala's speech celebrates books and knowledgeThe HinduPakistani girl shot by Taliban opens British libraryLos Angeles TimesGlobalPost -Telegraph.co.uk -The Globe and Mailall 83 news articles »
Channel 4 NewsSyria and Obama's flawed logic of message-sending: BrenderToronto StarIn announcing his plan last Saturday to put the prospect of Syrian intervention to a Congressional vote, President Obama posed a ringing question to his domestic and global audience: “What message will we send if a dictator can gas hundreds of children to ...Syrian opposition fears fresh chemical attackChannel News AsiaSyrians flow across Turkey border, staying silent on air strikes debateAl-ArabiyaUN Chief Discourages Further Militarization of Syria ConflictVoice of AmericaWall Street Journal -BBC News -DAWN.comall 1,213 news articles »
CTV NewsBlackBerry shares boosted after Microsoft-Nokia dealCTV NewsTORONTO -- Blackberry (TSX:BB) shares were slightly ahead Tuesday as some investors found hope that the Canadian smartphone maker could still be an acquisition target in the wake of the multi-billion dollar Microsoft transaction. The Waterloo, Ont.-based ...Forget the Microsoft Soap Opera. It's the Verizon Deal That MattersWiredMicrosoft 'Elops' with Nokia's handset businessBusiness Times (subscription)Microsoft: The hardware companyZDNetJamaica Observer -Barron's (blog) -AllThingsDall 2,097 news articles »
New York TimesIraq Violence: Over 60 Killed In Wave Of AttacksSky NewsA steady surge in bombings and violence since US troops departed has left Iraqi security forces struggling to cope. 9:53pm UK, Tuesday 03 September 2013. Iraq car bomb. Attacks have increased in Baghdad despite government assurances on security.EU condemns car bombings in IraqKuwait News Agencyall 16 news articles »
HaaretzEgypt Attacks Suspected Militants In SinaiNPREgyptian army attack helicopters fired missiles at suspected militants in the Sinai desert Tuesday. The military says at least eight were killed and many more wounded. The army is also moving to seal off the border with the Gaza Strip, and it's destroying ...Egyptians protest as army demolishes Gaza border homesThe Daily StarEgypt's Sinai emerges as new theater for jihadHouston Chronicle15 militants killed in military raid in Egypt's SinaiXinhuaUSA TODAY -Ma'an News Agencyall 223 news articles »
Business Times (subscription)Microsoft 'Elops' with Nokia's handset businessBusiness Times (subscription)Stephen and Steve, buddies again: Mr Elop (left) will head Microsoft's Devices team, and is tipped to replace Mr Ballmer when he retires in 2014. - BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO. [SINGAPORE] The global smartphone industry just got more interesting with ...Microsoft: The hardware companyZDNetMicrosoft to buy Nokia's phone business for Sh633 billionThe Standard Digital NewsNokia-Microsoft Derivatives for AAPL, Samsung, Ceva, QCOM, BBRYBarron's (blog)Wall Street Journal (blog) -MarketWatch -Sydney Morning Heraldall 2,089 news articles »
Arrival of Heads of Delegations for G20 Leaders SummitGetty ImagesSAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - SEPTEMBER 3: In this handout provided by RIA Novosti, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Dilma Rousseff arrives at the airport ahead of the G20 Leaders' Summit September 3, 2013 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.and more »
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