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Ghana parliament backs Vodafone GT bid http://africa.reuters.com/country/GH/news/usnLE328731.html ACCRA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Ghana's parliament voted on Thursday to ratify a $900 million bid by Britain's Vodafone Group for a majority stake in Ghana Te

ACCRA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Ghana's parliament voted on Thursday to ratify a $900 million bid by Britain's Vodafone Group for a majority stake in Ghana Telecom (GT), a Reuters reporter in the parliament building said.

Ghana lawmakers urged to back Vodafone bid http://africa.reuters.com/country/GH/news/usnLD380532.html ACCRA, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Ghana's parliamentary committee on communications urged lawmakers on Wednesday to ratify a $900 million bid by Britain's V

ACCRA, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Ghana's parliamentary committee on communications urged lawmakers on Wednesday to ratify a $900 million bid by Britain's Vodafone Group for a majority stake in Ghana Telecom, the chairman of the committee said.

Italy prepares to charge Google execs: sources (Reuters)

Reuters - Italian prosecutors are preparing to file charges against four current or former Google Inc executives over a 2006 video on the Internet provider's Italian-language site, court sources said on Friday.

EBay scores victory in Internet trademark case (Reuters)

Reuters - EBay Inc scored a major legal victory on Monday, when a federal judge ruled that Tiffany & Co failed to prove the online auctioneer was responsible for the sale of fake Tiffany jewelry on its website.

Russia's Rambler sells ad unit to Google (Reuters)

Reuters - Rambler Media, the British-registered owner of Russia's Rambler Internet portal, said on Friday it has agreed to sell the Begun advertising agency to Google Inc for $140 million.

New iPhone lures black market buyers across Asia (Reuters)

Reuters - The new iPhone looks set to be a huge hit in Asia countries where it goes on sale on Friday, but the sleek smartphone is already in high demand in black markets from Shanghai to Bangkok.

Microsoft to slash Xbox 360 price in Japan-Nikkei (Reuters)

Reuters - Microsoft Corp will slash the price of its Xbox 360 game console in Japan by about 30 percent, below Nintendo Co's (7974.OS) Wii and Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 in a bid to boost market share, the Nikkei business daily said on Monday.

eBay (EBAY) Looking to Buy Stake in Gmarket (GMKT) -Reuters

Reuters is reporting that eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) is looking to buy a stake in Gmarket (Nasdaq: GMKT), a South Korean online retailer. eBay would be purchasing the stake from Interpark, a South Korean mall operator, but the companies are currently waiting for approval from the Korea Fair Trade Commission.

Sony PS3 catching up to Wii in Japanese sales (Reuters)

Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii game console once again outsold Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 in Japan in June, but its lead is fading, a game magazine publisher said.

Microsoft to pay Novell $100 million more for Linux support (Reuters)

Reuters - Microsoft Corp plans to pay software maker Novell Inc up to $100 million in additional subscription fees due to strong demand for Novell's open-source Linux software that partners with Microsoft's proprietary Windows software.

Nintendo lifts profit, shares soar (Reuters)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co boosted its annual profit outlook by 23 percent on white-hot demand for its

Bloggers enraged over "pretty face" fakery (Reuters)

BEIJING (Reuters) - Bloggers were up in arms on Wednesday over China's decision at the Olympic opening ceremony to have a pretty little girl lip-synching for the real singer who had crooked teeth.

Thomson Reuters Adds Citation Mapping Tool to ISI Web of Knowledge

PRNewswire/ -- The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters today announced that new features have been added to ISI Web of Knowledge. Most notably, a citation mapping tool has been incorporated to provide researchers with a visual result to their research.

Thomson Reuters Adds Citation Mapping Tool to ISI Web of Knowledge

PRNewswire/ -- The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters today announced that new features have been added to ISI Web of Knowledge. Most notably, a citation mapping tool has been incorporated to provide researchers with a visual result to their research.

Google launches free music service in China (Reuters)

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc has launched a music search service in China that will give users access to free downloads of licensed songs, while capturing advertising revenue for music providers in a market rife with piracy.

Olympus, Matsushita to offer smaller SLR cameras (Reuters)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp (7733.T) and Matsushita (6752.T) announced a new digital camera format on Tuesday that will make single lens reflex (SLR) models smaller and lighter, in a bid to drive sales of their advanced machines.

Computer games could get cinema-style ratings (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could give all computer games cinema-style age ratings to protect children from increasingly realistic and violent titles, the government said on Thursday.

Fish fossils plug hole in evolutionary theory (Reuters)

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some odd-looking fish fossils discovered in the bowels of several European museums may help solve a lingering question about evolutionary theory, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

Broadcom, Qualcomm fight over mobile phone patent (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chip makers Broadcom Corp and Qualcomm Inc sparred in an appeals court on Wednesday over patents used to make cell phones that offer Internet and other multimedia features.

Square Enix launches its first iPod game (Reuters)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese videogame maker Square Enix Co Ltd said on Tuesday it had launched its first game for Apple Inc's iPod, broadening its target hardware to the top-selling media player.

Kawasaki shelves plan for robot plant: paper (Reuters)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Kawasaki Heavy Industries <7012.T> decided to cancel its plan to spend 10 billion yen ($94 million) to build a new industrial robot plant as auto and microchip makers curb capital investments, the Nikkei business daily said.

Fiddler looks for quick payday via eBay (Reuters)

TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian fiddler who is no stranger to controversy has put half his future music earnings up for sale on eBay, the auction website.

Ancestor of T-Rex dinosaur unearthed in Poland (Reuters)

WARSAW (Reuters) - Paleontologists digging in a brickyard in southern Poland have discovered the remains of a dinosaur they say is a previously unknown ancestor of the

NASA spacecraft confirms there is water on Mars (Reuters)

MIAMI (Reuters) - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft has confirmed that water exists on Mars, the U.S. space agency said on Thursday.

Britain agrees plan to tackle online music piracy (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's music and film industries launched a fight back against online piracy on Thursday, persuading the six biggest Internet providers to send warning letters to those suspected of illegal file-sharing.

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