[external] India's Bharti, MTN talks to close this weekend-paper - Reuters - Sun 2:59 am
MUMBAI, May 17 (Reuters) - India's Bharti Airtel Ltd and South African telecoms operator MTN Group may complete their merger talks this weekend, India's Mint newspaper reported on Saturday, citing financial industry sources.

[external] Motorola's chief strategy and tech officer quits - Reuters - Sat 4:54 pm
NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - Rich Nottenburg, Motorola Inc's chief strategy and technology officer, has become the latest senior staff member to exit since activist investor Carl Icahn strengthened his influence, a spokeswoman said on Friday.

[external] Wireless chip market grew 7.6 pct in 2007-iSuppli - Reuters - Sat 1:44 pm
NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - Wireless chip growth outpaced the overall chip market in 2007 and Qualcomm Inc led with 24 percent chip revenue growth, helping it overtake Texas Instruments , according to a report from technology researcher iSuppli.

[external] NEWSMAKER-MTN's Nhleko, a soft-spoken dealmaker - Reuters - Sat 6:22 am
JOHANNESBURG, May 16 (Reuters) - Phuthuma Nhleko, chief executive of South Africa's MTN , is one of the country's best-known black businessmen and may be eyeing the top position if his company ties up with Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel .

[external] Reuters Summit-TMT credit crunch survivors face new challenge - Reuters - Sat 1:47 am
FRANKFURT/BOSTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Technology and media companies have weathered the global credit crunch but a wider U.S. economic slowdown poses a deeper test of their resilience.

[external] MARKETS-EUROPE-STOCKS/ =2 LONDON - Reuters - Sat 1:46 am
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[external] Oil stocks, Sanofi push Europe shares to 4-mo high - Reuters - Sat 1:45 am
FRANKFURT, May 16 (Reuters) - European shares rose to a four-month high on Friday, lifted by pharmaceutical stocks after positive data for a Sanofi-Aventis heart drug, while energy shares powered higher with oil around $125 a barrel.

[external] India says RIM to resolve BlackBerry issue in 1 mth - Reuters - Sat 12:29 am
NEW DELHI, May 16 (Reuters) - Research in Motion has said it expects to resolve in a month Indian security concerns about its BlackBerry wireless e-mail device, India's telecoms minister said on Friday.

[external] Europe shares extend gains; pharma, oil stocks up - Reuters - Sat 12:25 am
FRANKFURT, May 16 (Reuters) - European shares extended gains in early trade on Friday, as pharmaceutical stocks rose after positive data for a Sanofi-Aventis heart drug, while energy shares powered higher as oil neared $125 a barrel.

Earlier Headlines

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· [external] Forval Telecom-2007/08 group results - Reuters - Fri 11:55 pm
· [external] Orange to sell iPhone in Europe, Mid East, Africa - Reuters - Fri 11:41 pm
· [external] Thai Hot Stocks - True Corp, TWZ gain - Reuters - Fri 8:28 pm
· [external] Tech Mahindra gets $700 mln contract from BT-paper - Reuters - Fri 7:55 pm
· [external] Thai Hot Stocks - Index seen up, GRAMMY, TRUE to shine - Reuters - Fri 6:27 pm
· [external] Thai True Corp Q1 net profit up six-fold - Reuters - Fri 6:07 pm
· [external] Thai True Corp Q1 net profit surges, hits f'casts - Reuters - Fri 5:04 pm
· [external] Backdating settlements less than expected-study - Reuters - Fri 3:27 pm
· [external] Paulson hedge fund buys 50 mln Yahoo shrs-sources - Reuters - Fri 9:45 am
· [external] Turk lira firms on rate hopes, T.Telekom ends flat - Reuters - Fri 7:30 am

· [external] Bangladesh cellphone users reach 40.34 mln in April - Reuters - Fri 4:57 am
· [external] Russia's Centertelecom proposes 77% dividend hike - Reuters - Fri 4:30 am
· [external] Bharti to build more mobile towers in Delhi - Reuters - Fri 3:54 am
· [external] OnMobile Global buys France's Telisma - Reuters - Fri 2:52 am
· [external] Branson's Virgin takes first step in Russia market - Reuters - Fri 2:13 am
· [external] Taiwan's BenQ aims for 30 pct revenue growth in '08 - Reuters - Fri 1:18 am
· [external] Turk Telekom shares hold near IPO price at launch - Reuters - Fri 1:06 am
· [external] India regulator approves Rel Comm unit IPO-sources - Reuters - Fri 12:15 am
· [external] Aplix Corp-1qtr group results - Reuters - Fri 12:02 am
· [external] Malaysia to sign broadband pact with Telekom by June - Reuters - Thu 11:41 pm

· [external] NEC plans to make handsets for non-DoCoMo carrier - Reuters - Thu 10:48 pm
· [external] Turk Telekom shares at 4.6 lira as trade starts - Reuters - Thu 10:45 pm
· [external] BBH-1qtr group results - Reuters - Thu 10:22 pm
· [external] Finnish Aspocomp sees tough times ahead - Reuters - Thu 9:58 pm
· [external] UPDATE 2-Russia's Sistema beats f'cast, plans acquisitions - Reuters - Thu 9:53 pm
· [external] DIARY - Turkey - to Sept 24, 2008 - Reuters - Thu 9:39 pm
· [external] Samsung, LG Elec hit records on outlook, won - Reuters - Thu 6:55 pm
· [external] Thai Hot Stocks - Markets seen up after strong results - Reuters - Thu 6:44 pm
· [external] Nihon Falcom Corp-6mth parent results - Reuters - Thu 6:03 pm
· [external] LG Elec shares jump to record, outlook strong - Reuters - Thu 5:29 pm