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The U.S. Justice Department will probably give antitrust approval next week to Google Inc.'s bid for Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., said two people familiar with the matter.

Here is a summary of earnings reports for selected cable and satellite TV companies and what they reveal about the industry's prospects: Jan.

One of the new centers will be in Phoenix, while others will be located in the Virginia Beach area, Baton Rouge, La., and Wichita, Kan.

Vodafone posted third-quarter results slightly below forecasts as increasingly tough trading in Spain and Italy overshadowed solid performances in emerging markets and northern Europe at the world's largest mobile operator.

TELSTRA has reported a lower-than-expected first half profit and reaffirmed earnings guidance for the full year amid what it describes as a difficult macroeconomic backdrop.

Bharti Airtel Ltd., India's largest wireless operator, reported profit that missed analysts' estimates as customers curbed mobile-phone use amid rising call rates.

Time Warner Cable, weeks-long carriage dispute with MSG Network could last through the 2011-2012 National Basketball Association and National Hockey League seasons, MSG Media president Mike Bair told analysts Wednesday, adding that no meaningful discussions have occurred between the parties since the network went dark on TWC systems in New York on ... (more)

Stocks fell Wednesday afternoon as questions mounted over whether Greece will hammer out a cost-cutting deal it needs to keep from defaulting on its debt.

The price of Apple's iconic smartphone is heavily discounted by carriers. Those subsidies almost single-handedly devastate profit margins for Verizon, AT&T and Sprint.

Old models of Nokia mobile phones are pictured in Rome on Jan. 26. Nokia said Feb.

Rogers Communications and BCE are in talks to become Canadian launch partners for Apple Inc.'s much-hyped iTV, which promises to turn conventional television sets into giant iPads, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

California-based Space Systems/Loral has won a 620 million Australian dollar contract to build two satellites to service remote portions of Australia's national broadband network, which will be among the world's fastest.

Cisco Videoscape is a comprehensive TV platform allowing service providers and media companies to extend content across devices and networks to create a new, truly immersive home and mobile television experience.

British chipmaker Wolfson Microelectronics plc expects another weak quarter before customer additions and product launches boost revenue this year.

In another blow to troubled Canadian smartphone maker Research in Motion, energy drilling giant Halliburton Co.

Frontier Communications Corp. confirmed plans to cut 31 FiOS service technician jobs locally - a move that decreases its Fort Wayne tech staff by almost one-fourth.The Stamford, Conn.

Sprint Nextel Corp. , the third-largest wireless carrier in the U.S., reports its fourth-quarter results before the stock market opens Wednesday as a newly minted member of the exclusive club of U.S. wireless carriers that sell the iPhone.

Days after buying his Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Nexus smartphone from Verizon Wireless, David Jacobs found himself switching off the fourth-generation broadband connection that had drawn him to the $300 device in the first place.

Westaim Corp. . Insurer. Down one cent, or 1.89 per cent, at 52 cents on 4,981,534 shares.

Shares of digital video recorder maker TiVo Inc. rose Monday, following an upbeat story on the company by Barron's magazine, despite the company disclaiming that its chief executive had predicted a "break even or better" year ahead.