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RIM loses BlackBerry subscribers for first time

RIM loses BlackBerry subscribers for first time
By ROB GILLIESAssociated Press TORONTO (AP) - Research In Motion's stock plunged in after-hours trading Thursday after the BlackBerry maker said it plans to change the way it charges fees. RIM also announced that it lost subscribers for the first time in the latest quarter, as the global number

RIM loses BlackBerry subscribers for first time

RIM loses BlackBerry subscribers for first time
By ROB GILLIESAssociated Press TORONTO (AP) - Research In Motion's stock plunged in after-hours trading Thursday after the BlackBerry maker said it plans to change the way it charges fees. RIM also announced that it lost subscribers for the first time in the latest quarter, as the global number

Spain fines top 3 telecoms companies $159 million

Spain fines top 3 telecoms companies $159 million
MADRID (AP) - Spain's National Competition Commission has fined top telecommunications operators Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange a total of €120 million ($159 million) for abusing their dominant position and charging excessively high prices for texts and multimedia messages. The commission said

Stocks fall as sides snipe in 'cliff' talks

Stocks fall as sides snipe in 'cliff' talks
By The Associated Press Stocks dipped Wednesday, recording their first loss of the week. President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress sniped at each other, and a deadline to avoid sweeping tax increases and government spending cuts drew closer. General Motors stock surged after the government

Cyprus uses pension money to pay holiday salaries

Cyprus uses pension money to pay holiday salaries
By By MENELAOS HADJICOSTISAssociated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus' cash-strapped government had to get loans from state-owned companies to make sure it could pay its own workers' salaries during the holiday period, officials said Monday. Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary

KPN shares fall after 4G deal prompts dividend cut

KPN shares fall after 4G deal prompts dividend cut
AMSTERDAM (AP) - Shares in Dutch telecommunications company Royal KPN NV have fallen sharply Monday over fears the company has once again paid too much in a mobile auction. The company said after the close of trading on Friday it had paid €1.35 billion ($1.8 billion) to obtain frequencies for "4G

Biographical information on ex-Sen. Chuck Hagel

Biographical information on ex-Sen. Chuck Hagel
By By The Associated Press NAME - Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel. AGE-BIRTH DATE - 66; Oct. 4, 1946. EDUCATION - Graduate, Brown Institute for Radio and Television, Minneapolis, 1966; bachelor's degree, history, University of Nebraska, Omaha, 1971.

Biographical information on ex-Sen. Chuck Hagel

Biographical information on ex-Sen. Chuck Hagel
By By The Associated Press NAME - Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel. AGE-BIRTH DATE - 66; Oct. 4, 1946. EDUCATION - Graduate, Brown Institute for Radio and Television, Minneapolis, 1966; bachelor's degree, history, University of Nebraska, Omaha, 1971.

Internet restrictions across the world

Internet restrictions across the world
By By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Envoys in Dubai signed a new U.N. telecommunications treaty Friday that a U.S.-led delegation says endorses greater government control of the Internet. The U.S. and more than 20 other countries refused to ratify the accord by the 193

Internet restrictions across the world

Internet restrictions across the world
By By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Envoys in Dubai signed a new U.N. telecommunications treaty Friday that a U.S.-led delegation says endorses greater government control of the Internet. The U.S. and more than 20 other countries refused to ratify the accord by the 193