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Advisers still shaky on social media policy
- As the securities industry finally warms up to using social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, regulators are discovering that brokerages and investment advisers are off to a rocky start.
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Former Finnish PM Aho to leave Nokia management
HELSINKI - Former Finnish Prime Minister Esko Aho, who has headed government and public affairs at Nokia, will step down from his position on the management team to take a position as Senior Fellow at Harvard University.
Lee family scraps over some of Samsung riches
SEOUL - Lawyers for Lee Kun-hee said on Wednesday the chairman of Samsung Electronics had been chosen by his father, the Samsung Group's founder, to lead the conglomerate and so was free to transfer shares of group companies to maintain control. | Video
Olympus to cut 2,500 jobs, sell equity stake: media
TOKYO - Japan's Olympus Corp, hit by a $1.7 billion fraud scandal, plans to shed 2,500 workers and sell an equity stake to either Sony Corp or Panasonic Corp in a bid to bolster its finances, local media reported Wednesday.
Clock ticking for KPN in battle vs. Carlos Slim
PARIS/AMSTERDAM - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim launched his offer to buy up to 27.7 percent of Dutch telecoms group KPN on Wednesday, giving KPN just four weeks to come up with a plan to convince shareholders to reject an offer it believes is too low.
HTC says phones pass U.S. customs review
TAIPEI - Smartphone maker HTC said on Wednesday its latest smartphones have passed a U.S. customs review, clearing the way for it to ramp up sales in the United States as it looks to turn around a decline in what was once its largest market.
Google touts its ad metrics as Facebook confronts hurdles
Google just put out a study touting metrics as a way to sell more advertising.
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