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China company structure under threat

China company structure under threat

China's securities regulator is asking the government to clamp down on the controversial corporate structure used by companies such as Sina (SINA.O) and Baidu (BIDU.O) to list overseas, and employed in thousands of other investments by foreigners into domestic Chinese companies, four legal sources told Reuters.
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Occupy Wall Street: Protests Continue on Day 2

Wall Street was blocked off by the New York City Police Department for a second day in a row as demonstration organizers targeting Wall Street financial firms tried to keep up protests.
  Late last year, AT&T slapped a deployed U.S. soldier with a "bill shock" of $16,000

Seven States Join AT&T-T-Mobile Merger Lawsuit

Seven states, including California, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and New York, have joined the lawsuit to stop AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile USA, the Justice Department said Friday. Previously, AT&T had proposed a $39 Billion deal to purchase T-Mobile.
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Hurricane Maria nears Newfoundland, oil unaffected

Operations at oil rigs off Canada's Atlantic Coast are unlikely to be hurt by Hurricane Maria, which may tear down trees and cut power in the southeastern tip of Newfoundland later on Friday, officials said.
Apple Dominance Questioned: Microsoft Open New Front in Anti-iPad Campaign

Microsoft Bets on Massive Windows 8 Redesign

Microsoft rolled development versions of its upcoming Windows 8 platform this week, garnering mostly positive response from industry watchers as it vies to prove its relevance in what is slowly becoming a post-PC world.
A person poses the new Blackberry Torch 9860 at a release party to promote the BlackBerry OS 7 devices in Toronto

Apple iPhone 5 Will 'Steamroll' BlackBerry 7

Research in Motion is banking on its new BlackBerry smartphones to help pull it out of a rut, but industry watchers believe the new devices will be no match for Apple's upcoming iPhone 5.
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COO praises benefits of Facebook

Facebook is a technology business, but during an interview Friday at the Paley Center, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg made it sound like a digital utopia.
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Prescreen launches limited-time indie streaming

Prescreen, a new online movie marketing and distribution platform started by former Groupon executive Shawn Bercuson, launched this week with a focus on online streaming and sharing via social media.
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Netflix Recent Plan Changes Prove to be Unpopular: Analyst

Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) lowered its third quarter domestic subscribers guidance, while maintaining its financial and international subscribers outlook. Wedbush Securities believes that the lowered expectations by Netflix reflect a degree of customer disinterest.
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Molycorp, Sumitomo Break Off Financing Deal Talks

Molycorp Inc (MCP.N) said on Friday it has broken off talks with Japan's Sumitomo Corp with regard to a financing deal, as the investment is no longer necessary for the implementation of its business plan.
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Drop in 2010 Solar Costs May Accelerate: Study

The cost to install solar power in the United States fell by 17 percent in 2010 and is on pace to drop even faster this year, according to a new report issued by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach testifies in court in Los Angeles

Verdict Reached in TCW vs Gundlach :court

The jury has reached a verdict in a courtroom battle between Trust Company of the West and former investment chief Jeffrey Gundlach, concluding a six-week trial that has transfixed the financial industry.

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