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3 hrs ago | The New Yorker

The Justice Department and Fox News's Phone Records

The Obama Justice Department has seized the phone records of numbers that are associated with White House staffers and, apparently, with Fox News reporters, according to a document filed in the case of Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, on October 13, 2011.

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Related Topix: Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, Washington, DC, Wireless, ATT Wireless Services

7 hrs ago | West Seattle Blog

Surprise! $5,000 grant for Sanislo librarian Craig Seasholes

The alert we received on Monday warned us not to tip off Sanislo Elementary librarian Craig Seasholes that CenturyLink rep Sue Anderson would be visiting the school with a surprise for him - a big $5,000 check as part of the CL/Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Teachers & Technology grant program .

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Related Topix: Libraries, Qwest, Savvis, Cable & Satellite, CenturyTel

Tue May 21, 2013

Weekday Magazine

New Documents Suggest Fresh Evidence Of TeliaSonera Ties To Karimova

TeliaSonera CEO Lars Nyberg stepped down February 1 as the company, whose two largest stakeholders are the Swedish and Finnish governments, came under increasing scrutiny for its activities in Uzbekistan.

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Related Topix: IT Services, TeliaSonera AB

CRN

One In Three VARs Says Has Fired A Vendor This Year

Enterasys Networks recently revealed the results of its global channel partner survey, a set of technology- and vendor-related questions that were answered by 170 of its solution providers worldwide.

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Related Topix: In-Three, Enterasys Networks, Computers

Fox 23

Cox Enterprises donates $1 million to tornado victims

Cox Enterprises, in partnership with The James M. Cox Foundation, announced $1 million in support to assist the relief and recovery efforts of the communities affected by the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma.

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Related Topix: Media, Cox Enterprises, IT Services, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Cox Communication, Cable & Satellite, Television

Reuters

Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

3 U.S. wireless carrier. ** Specialty chemicals producer Rockwood Holdings Inc's pigments businesses have attracted offers from buyout firms including Blackstone Group LP and Advent International Corp, several people familiar with the matter said.

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Related Topix: Sprint Nextel, IT Services, Chevron Corporation, Energy, Oil & Gas

Fox 23

FOX23 and Cox Communications drive for tornado victims

Flash Flood Watch expires at 7:00 PM on 5/21, issued at 9:29 AM Kiamichi Christian Mission, OK The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including nine children.

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Related Topix: Cox Communication, Cable & Satellite, Cox Communications, Television, Weather, Natural Disasters, Flood

Bloomberg

Sprint Raises Clearwire Bid, Topping Dish Counteroffer

Sprint offered $3.40 a share, up 14 percent from a previous bid of $2.97 a share, the company said today in a statement.

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Related Topix: Sprint Nextel, IT Services, Dedham, MA, Google, Startups, SoftBank, Financial Services, Investment Services, US News

Business Wire

Rostelecom Ojsc Uk Regulatory Announcement: Rostelecom Launches 3G+ Network in the Volgograd Region

May 21, 2013 - Rostelecom OJSC , Russia's national telecommunications operator, announces the launch of 3G+ networks in Volgograd and Volzhsky through CJSC Volgograd GSM, a 100% subsidiary of Rostelecom.

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Related Topix: Rostelecom, World News, Russia, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, Asia, Ipad, Science / Technology

Ubergizmo

Motorola X Phone Might Support Verizon And Sprint As Well

We've covered countless Motorola X Phone rumors here and up till now there has been no confirmation from either Google or Motorola regarding the time frame in which this device will be released.

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Related Topix: Motorola, Verizon Communications, IT Services, Verizon, Google, Enterprise Mobile, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Forbes.com

Mexican Tycoon Carlos Slim's TracFone Accuses Activist Group Of...

TracFone , a telephone company owned by Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim's America Movi l filed a complaint on Monday accusing activist group Two Countries One Voice and its campaign against Slim in the United States of being a corporate smear campaign as opposed to a grassroots movement against the Mexican billionaire's "monopolistic practices", ... (more)

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Related Topix: Wireless, Amrica Mvil SA de CV, Carlos Slim Helu, California, California Government, Los Angeles County, CA

Channelnewsasia.com

Vodafone says annual profit slumps on eurozone woes

British mobile phone giant Vodafone said on Tuesday that annual net profit plunged 90 per cent after it took a vast 7.7-billion pounds impairment charge relating to its businesses in debt-laden Eurozone nations Italy and Spain.

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Related Topix: Vodafone Group, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

Reuters

Sprint receives SoftBank waiver to consider Dish offer

Sprint Nextel Corp said its Japanese suitor SoftBank Corp granted it a waiver allowing it to consider a $25.5 billion rival bid by Dish Network Corp, as pressure mounts on SoftBank to sweeten its offer for the No.

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Related Topix: SoftBank, Financial Services, Investment Services, Sprint Nextel, IT Services, Financial Markets

Mon May 20, 2013

AmericanBankingNews.com

Sonus Networks Upgraded to Outperform at Northland Securities

The firm currently has a $3.25 target price on the stock, up from their previous target price of $2.75. Sonus Networks remained flat at $2.53 during trading on Monday.

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Related Topix: Sonus Networks

Pam's House Blend

Jamie Dimon's Sleazy Record

On May 21, shareholders of JPMorgan Chase will have the opportunity to express their views of the Chairman/CEO of the mega-bank, and PR people have been filling the inboxes of every possible media outlet.

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Related Topix: Corporate Governance, WorldCom, IT Services, Publishing, News Corporation, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

The Stockmasters

Covered Call Picks

The covered call is a strategy where an investor writes a call option contract while at the same time owning an equivalent number of shares of the underlying stock.If this stock is purchased simultaneously with writing the call contract, the strategy is commonly referred to as a buy-write. While you may have heard that trading options is risky ... (more)

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Related Topix: IRA, Personal Finance, Research in Motion, Computers

Hollywood Reporter

TiVo Loses Less Money Than Predicted

The company also added 277,000 subscribers through its worldwide partnerships with multisystems operators, primarily Virgin Media.

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Related Topix: Digital Video Recorders, Electronics, Startups, TiVo, Cable & Satellite, NTL Incorporated, Business News

The Guardian

David Cameron, the 'loons' and gay marriage - what the national papers say

These are dark days for David Cameron and his government. Today's newspapers , in company with TV and radio news bulletins, are dominated by disputes within his party over same-sex marriage and the European Union .

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Related Topix: Wedding, Activism, BT Group

C-SPAN

Loyalists in New York City During the Revolution

Ruma Chopra talked about her book Unnatural Rebellion: Loyalists in New York City During the Revolution .

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Related Topix: American Independence, Cable & Satellite, IT Services

Broadbandreports

Ny PSC Takes Closer Look at Verizon's Killing of Copper -...

Verizon's attempt to hang up on their copper networks in Sandy-impacted areas has gotten more complicated after the NY Public Service Commission last week indicated hesitation at letting Verizon disconnect users state wide without first understanding the repercussions.

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Related Topix: Verizon Communications, IT Services, Verizon, Fire Island, NY, quirky

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