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T-Mobile and Verizon Weigh In On Apple-Samsung Patent Battle

German Courts Uphold Apple Injunction Banning Samsung Galaxy Device Sales
On Wednesday, T-Mobile joined Verizon in filing an amicus brief in the most recently contested Apple vs. Samsung case over the design of the Galaxy line of tablet computers and phones. The original suit was filed in April in Northern California and covered seven utility patents, three design patents, several iOS app icons, and a number of trade dress designs for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, as well as the packaging for the Apple products.
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European Stocks Set for Worst Quarter Since 2008

European stock index futures fell Friday, putting shares there firmly on course to post their biggest quarterly decline since the months following the collapse of Lehman Brothers three years ago.
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Asia stocks fall in worst month since Oct 2008

Asian stocks fell on Friday, extending the worst monthly performance since the most volatile days of the global financial crisis in October 2008, with Chinese shares racking up sharp losses.
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Standard & Poor's, Fitch downgrade NZ on growing debt

New Zealand suffered its second ratings downgrade within hours on Friday as Standard & Poor's cut the country's rating by one notch because of its growing foreign debt, after rival Fitch Ratings' had taken similar action.
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Asian equities steady after rise, euro holds gains

Asian stocks steadied on Friday with big gains unlikely as investors looked to take profits after three days of gains, while the euro held its tiny increase following Germany's approval to expand the euro zone bailout fund.
3. U.S. Team Set to Recreate CERN Experiment Which Found 'Faster-Than-Light' Particles

Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos Would Not Necessarily Prove Einstein Wrong

The physics community was rocked last week when the OPERA (Oscillation Project with Emulsion Tracking Apparatus) team working at Gran Sasso in central Italy announced that preliminary findings seemed to suggest that they had observed subatomic particles traveling faster than the speed of light.
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Asian stocks fall on euro crisis fears

Asian shares and commodities fell on Thursday on growing worries that Europe's intractable debt problems will plunge the world into a second global financial crisis.
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AngloGold Ashanti to Invest $250M/Year in Brazil

South African gold miner Anglogold Ashanti will invest $250 million each year through 2016 to raise its Brazilian output of the precious metal by two thirds, its chief executive said on Wednesday.
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SocGen's Newedge futures unit for sale: source

Societe Generale has put up for sale its stake in Newedge, a futures and clearing brokerage it co-owns with Credit Agricole , a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday, as the No. 2 French bank looks to shrink its balance sheet and sell risky assets.

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