...is still being negotiated, a person familiar with the matter said. The amount would be paid between the signing of a related deal between GE and Comcast , and that deal's closing. Vivendi is seeking about $6.1 billion for the 20 percent...

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...wants NBC Universal largely for its lucrative cable channels, but it isn't likely to raise its offer. If GE had to spend more money to get Vivendi to sell, it will have to absorb the additional cost. That's because Comcast 's agreement with...

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...the University of Oklahoma , The University of Texas and TCU as the schools debuting the Nike Pro Combat uniform this month. Nike designed the Nike Pro Combat uniform to address the evolution of the game: today s players are stronger...

In this article: Nike, Florida, Gators, Swimming, Titanium, Track & Field, Florida Gators, University of Oklahoma, University of Missouri, and Virginia Tech

...compared with 50 percent in the prior year's quarter. Another report from Strategy Analytics revealed that Apple had surpassed Nokia in cell phone profits during the third quarter, the first time that Nokia had fallen to second place.

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...loss for the fiscal year through March 2010 - hurt by sliding prices, the global slowdown and the absence of blockbusters products like Apple Inc.'s iPod or Nintendo Co.'s Wii. It has fallen behind in liquid-crystal display TVs to Samsung...

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SAN FRANCISCO ( MarketWatch ) -- Nike Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*! nke /quotes/nls/ nke (NKE 63.56, -0.86, -1.33%) late Thursday said it raised its quarterly dividend by 8% to 27 cents a share from 25 cents. The dividend will be paid on Jan. 4 to...

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WASHINGTON ( MarketWatch ) -- Rumors that wireless giant Nokia Corp. might buy Palm Inc. have helped fuel the U.S. handset maker's stock this year, but most industry observers doubt such a deal would happen. At least three times this year,...

In this article: Palm Inc., Nokia Corp., BlackBerry, Motorola Inc., U.S., Joint venture, Palm Pre, Android, Smartphones, and Verizon Wireless

...kind of products that excite consumers ... I don't think many people were convinced enough today to go and buy Sony shares tomorrow." Sony plans to introduce 3D TVs next year and aims for more than 1 trillion yen ($11.24 billion) in sales...

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Top cellphone maker Nokia has seen growing interest among companies for its first netbook or mini-laptop, a company executive said on Thursday. "When we launched the Booklet 3G ... we thought it to be primarily a consumer device, but...

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...Day: The Sooners destroy the Aggies 77-0 University of Oklahoma announced, this weekend's game at Texas Tech , the Sooners will unveil Nike 's latest football technology, Pro Combat series, a super light-weight uniform. In addition,...

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...N900 seems to be a fine handset, but as customers become more interested in a rich applications catalog and downloadable media, Nokia is left behind. Do not think this Mameo announcement means the end of Symbian , for apparently it...

In this article: Nokia, Symbian OS, Iphone, Linux, BlackBerry, Yahoo, Google, Apple, and Microsoft

NORWALK , Conn. -- Xerox Corp. is a step closer to acquiring Dallas -based Affiliated Computer Services Inc. , now that the U.S. antitrust review period for the deal has expired. Xerox announced Sept. 28 that it agreed to acquire ACS in a...

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The new CEO of Chrysler said its operations broke even in September, although the company did not release numbers. Volkswagen AG and Toyota Motor Corp. both reported quarterly profits of around $250 million, while Honda Motor Co. made a $587...

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Would Nokia and Palm Merger Spell Doom for WebOS? By Jared Newman - Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:18PM EST Add articles about technology to your My Yahoo! If I had a dollar for every instance of misguided Wall Street speculation, I might be...

In this article: Nokia, Palm, Iphone, Palm Pre, Symbian, Maemo, App Store, Palm, Facebook, and Yahoo

...on July 10 and the end of the third quarter on Sept. 30. By way of comparison, two of GM 's top rivals -- Ford Motor (F, Fortune 500) and Toyota Motor ( TM ) -- reported unexpected quarterly profits during the third quarter. Still, GM 's...

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By Diana ben-Aaron and Chad Thomas Bloomberg News 7:10 a.m. CST, November 11, 2009 Apple Inc. surpassed rival Nokia Oyj , the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, to become the most profitable handset vendor for the first time on the...

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...on Tuesday their latest rivals to the iPhone as Apple became the top profit generator in the handset industry. Apple Inc overtook Nokia in the September quarter as the cellphone maker generating the highest total operating profit in...

In this article: Nokia, Apple Inc, Iphone, HTC Corp., Revenue, and Maemo