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Nokia to sell Devices & Services business to Microsoft in EUR 5.44 billion all-cash transaction
2013-09-03 18:34:34| Location-Based Services (LBS) Zone
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Microsoft buys Nokias phone business for $7.2 billion in an attempt to imitate Apple
2013-09-03 13:58:38| Extremetech
Microsoft has announced that it will acquire Nokia's mobile phone business, and a "broad intellectual property license" for Nokia's patent portfolio, for 5.44 billion Euros (~$7.2 billion). This deal will see Stephen Elop return to Microsoft as the vice president of the newly minted Nokia division, along with some 32,000 other Nokia execs and employees. Microsoft's rationale for the acquisition, which is due to complete in early 2014, is that it will allow the software giant to finally, seriously, definitely compete against Apple and Google in the smartphone and tablet markets. For real this time. Honest.
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Climate change causes $1.1 billion in losses in Costa Rica, study finds
2013-09-03 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Puntarenas, on Costa Ricas central Pacific, is the province most affected by climate change, with damages in the six-year period reaching $164.5 million. Alberto Font A new report claims that climate change has caused $1.13 billion in damages in Costa Rica from 2005-2011 just under 17 percent of that in the agricultural sector. A recent study released by Costa Rican officials shows that the country has accumulated approximately $1.13 billion in losses due to climate change from 2005 to 2011,...
U.S. consumer firm Jarden to buy Yankee Candle for $1.75 billion: WSJ
2013-09-03 08:00:47| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
U.S. consumer products company Jarden Corp has agreed to buy scented candle maker Yankee Candle Company Inc for $1.75 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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U.S. consumer firm Jarden to buy Yankee Candle for $1.75 billion: WSJ
2013-09-03 07:52:17| Appliances - Topix.net
U.S. consumer products company Jarden Corp has agreed to buy scented candle maker Yankee Candle Company Inc for $1.75 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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